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afectar
     1. v. to affect, to have an effect on, to influence
     2. v. to feign, to affect
     3. v. to speak or act insincerely, adopt an affectation
     4. v. to impair, to affect (negatively)
           El alcohol puede afectar su juicio. - Alcohol can impair your judgment.
     5. v. to get to, to get under one's skin, to upset, to affect emotionally
           No dejes que te afecte. - Don't let it get to you.
     6. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be affected (by an action), to get to
hacer
     1. v. to do
           ¿Qué haces? - What are you doing?
           No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing.
           Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it.
     2. v. to make (something)
           Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake.
           Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems.
     3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.)
           No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy.
           Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry.
     4. v. to be
           hace frío - it's cold
           hace calor - it's hot
           hace sol - it's sunny
           hace viento - it's windy
     5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement))
           hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee
           hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo
     6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play)
           hacer la princesa - to play the princess
           hacer de princesa - to play a princess
           hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar
     7. v. to become; to get
           ¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian!
           Me haré rico. - I will get rich.
           Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man.
     8. v. to pretend being, play
           hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool
           hacerse la víctima - to play the victim
           Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway.
     9. v. to play the fool
           No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did.
     10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part)
           hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails
     11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms)
           El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness.
           El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias).
     12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now
           Se hace tarde. - It's getting late.
           Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock.
     13. n-m. task, action
           Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left.
daño
     1. n-m. damage
     2. v. first-person singular present indicative of dañar
     dañar
          1. v. to damage, to harm, to hurt, to injure
          2. v. to condemn
perjudicar
     1. v. to damage, harm, injure
     2. v. to malign, defame
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