English

Pronunciation

• doo͞, /duː/, /du:/

Verb

to do (did, done), does

1. to perform, to execute
2. refers to a verb previously mentioned.

   to type and to do it quickly.

3. (colloquial) to attack someone.

Translations

• Arabic: عَمَل (ʕamal)
• Catalan: fer
• CJKV Characters: 做
• Chinese: 做
• Dutch: doen
• Esperanto: fari
• Finnish: tehdä
• French: faire
• German: tun, machen
• Greek: κάνει (kánei)
• Hindi: करना
• Ido: facar
• Indonesian: melakukan
• Interlingua: facer
• Irish: déan
• Italian: fare
• Japanese: する (suru), やる (yaru), なさる (nasaru) (polite), 致す (itasu) (humble)
• Korean: 하다 (hada)
• Latin: facere
• Persian: كَردَن (kærdæn), كُن (kon) (present tense)
• Portuguese: fazer, executar , realizar
• Quenya: (carë)
• Russian: сделать (sdelat')
• Spanish: hacer
• Turkish: yapmak , etmek
• Urdu: کرنا
• Volapük: dunön

Derived terms

do a...

Auxiliary verb

do (did)

1. Used as a syntactic marker in questions (Do you go?), negations (I do not go), for emphasis (I do go) and to avoid repeating an earlier verb (I play tennis; he does too)

Translations

• Esperanto: ja for emphasis; otherwise not translated

Noun

do

Etymology 1

1. (Music) A syllable used in sol-fa to represent the tonic of a major scale

Synonym

• doh, ut

Related terms

• fa
• la
• mi
• re
• so
• ti

Etymology 2

do (the plural is strictly dos but do's is more commonly used for legibility)

1. (colloquial) function, celebration, party

   We're having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.

2. (also colloquial) a period of confusion or argument. (also called a 'to-do')

Czech

Preposition

do

1. into, in, to, until

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA : /do/
• SAMPA : /do/

Noun

do f

1. musical note

Synonyms

• ut

French

Pronunciation

• IPA : /do/
• SAMPA : /do/

Noun

do f

1. musical note

Synonyms

• ut

Frisian

Personal Pronoun

do

1. the casual form of the second person singular: you (the polite form is: jo)

Noun

do

1. pigeon, dove

Italian

Verb form

do

1. first-person singular indicative present of dare

Synonym

• dò

Noun

do m

1. musical note

Latin

Pronunciation

• AHD: dŏ′ ŏ

Verb

dō

1. "I give" : first person singular, present tense conjugation of dare.

Polish

Preposition

1. to, towards

Usage

+ genetive

Turkish

Noun

1. the musical note C

Volapük

Conjunction

do

1. though, although, even though

Welsh

Adverb

do

1. yes

Serbian

Preposition

1. by, next to

Usage

+ genetive