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do

/duː/ ES

/də/ MX

#19 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

To carry out an action, and also a helper word used to make questions and negatives.

Grammar

Verb typeirregular (do, does, did, done, doing)

Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.

Examples

homework every evening.

"Do" here means to carry out the homework.

music?

"Do" helps to turn the sentence into a question.

does eat meat.

With "she" the word becomes "does", and it helps make the negative.

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This word is part of lesson 1.