Definition
To make something is to create, build, or cause it to exist. As a noun, 'make' can refer to the brand or type of a product, such as the make of a car.
Etymology
From Old English 'macian,' meaning 'to build, construct, prepare.' It is related to similar words in other Germanic languages that all focus on creating or doing.
Kelly Says
English uses 'make' in hundreds of expressions—'make up,' 'make out,' 'make do'—turning one short word into a toolbox of meanings. It shows how a common verb can become a kind of linguistic Swiss Army knife.
Translations
BGБългарски
правя
PRAHV-yah
BNবাংলা
তৈরি করা
toi-ree koh-rah
DEDeutsch
machen
MAH-khen
ETEesti
tegema
TEH-geh-mah
HIहिन्दी
बनाना
bah-NAH-nah
HRHrvatski
napraviti
nah-PRAH-vee-tee
HUMagyar
csinálni
CHEE-nahl-nee
IDBahasa Indonesia
membuat
mem-BOO-at
LTLietuvių
daryti
DAH-ree-tee
LVLatviešu
taisīt
TAI-seet
MSBahasa Melayu
membuat
mem-BOO-at
MYမြန်မာ
ပြုလုပ်သည်
pyu-lot-theh
NLNederlands
maken
MAH-ken
PTPortuguês
fazer
fah-ZEHR
RORomână
a face
ah FAH-cheh
RUРусский
делать
DYEH-lat
SKSlovenčina
robiť
ROH-beet
SLSlovenščina
narediti
nah-REH-dee-tee
SRСрпски
направити
nah-PRAH-vee-tee
SWKiswahili
kutengeneza
koo-ten-geh-NEH-zah
UKУкраїнська
робити
roh-BEE-tee