see|Appendix:Variations of "do"
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English

rank|your|any|what|60|do|has|could|our

Etymology 1
From OE. term|don|d�n|lang=ang, from proto|West-Germanic|dôn, from proto|Indo-European|dʰeH�- �put, place, do, make�.

Cognates include German term|tun||to do|langde French term|faire||to do, to make|langfr, Spanish term|hacer||to do, to make|langes, Greek term|θέ��||to put, to set, to place|langel, Lithuanian term|deti||to put|langlt, Czech term|diti||to hide|langcs, Polish term|dzia�||to happen|langpl, Russian term|дева��|де��|to put, to place|langru, and Russian term|дела��||to do|lang=ru.

Pronunciation
a|UK & US enPR|do�o, IPA|/du�/, SAMPA|/du:/
a|Australia IPA|/d��/, SAMPA|/d}:/
audio|en-us-do-verb.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|u�

Noun
en-noun

1. colloquial A function, celebration, party.

#: We�re having a bit of a do on Saturday to celebrate my birthday.

1. colloquial A period of confusion or argument. rfex
2. colloquial A hairdo.

#: Nice do!

Usage notes
For the plural of the noun, the spelling dos would be correct; do�s is often used for the sake of legibility, but is sometimes considered incorrect.

Synonyms
i-c|period of confusion or argument to-do

Translations
trans-top|function, celebration, party
Dutch: t|nl|gedoe|n, t+|nl|feest|n, t|nl|fuif|m italbrac|Flemish
Finnish: t-|fi|pirskeet, t-|fi|juhlat
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trans-top|period of confusion or argument
Dutch: t|nl|gedoe|n, t-|nl|ruzie
trans-mid
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trans-top|hairdo
Dutch: t-|nl|snit|m
Finnish: t-|fi|kampaus
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Verb
en-verb|does as well as the archaic doth|doing|did|done
Another archaic form is the second-person singular present tense dost.

1. transitive To perform, to execute.

#: Please let me do my job.

1. rfv-sense|variation of sense 1 context|transitive|slang To attack (someone). rfex
2. context|transitive|slang To have sex with. (See also do it)

#: I will do him tonight.

1. intransitive To suffice.

#: It�s not the best broom, but it will have to do.

1. intransitive To be reasonable or acceptable.

#: It simply will not do to have dozens of children running around such a quiet event.

1. auxiliary A syntactic marker in questions.

#: Do you go?

1. auxiliary A syntactic marker in negations.

#: I do not go.

1. auxiliary A syntactic marker for emphasis.

#: But I do go.

1. auxiliary A syntactic marker to avoid repetition of an earlier verb.

#: I play tennis; he does too.

1. rfv-sense|variation of sense 1 To cook.

#: I like my steak well done.

1. rfv-sense|variation of sense 1 To travel to.

#: Let�s do New York also.

1. rfv-sense|def and examples do not seem to fit To take care of, to be well.

#: The fresh air does well.
#: How do you do?

1. transitive To spend (time) in jail.

#: I did five years for armed robbery.

1. transitive To impersonate. rfex

Derived terms
do a|do a…
do by
do down
doer
do for
do in
do it
done
do-over
do time
do up
redo

Latin: t-|la|facere, t-|la|agere
Maltese: t-|mt|għamel|xs=Maltese
Nepali: �र (gara)
Occitan: t+|oc|far|xs=Occitan
Old English: t-|ang|don|altd�n|xsOld English
Persian: FAchar|کرد�|ک�رد�� (kærdæn), FAchar|ک�|ک�� (kon) italbrac|present tense
Portuguese: t+|pt|fazer
Romanian: t+|ro|face
Romansch: t-|rm|far|xs=Romansch
Russian: дела�� (djélat�) impf, �дела�� (sdjélat�) pf
Sardinian (Campidanese): fai
Scottish Gaelic: dèan
Scots: dae
Slovene: storiti, narediti
Spanish: t+|es|hacer
Swedish: t+|sv|göra
Turkish: t-|tr|yapmak, t+|tr|etmek
Urdu: URchar|کر�ا (karn�)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|làm|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|thực hi�n|xsVietnamese
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trans-top|slang: attack
Dutch: t+|nl|doen, t+|nl|aanvallen
trans-mid
Kurdish: t+|ku|êri�|alt=êri� kirin
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trans-top|slang: have sex with
Czech: d�lat to
Dutch: t|nl|binnendoen
Finnish: t-|fi|hoidella, t+|fi|naida, t+|fi|panna, t+|fi|laittaa
trans-mid
Kurdish: t+|ku|gan, t+|ku|niyan
Maltese: t-|mt|għamel|xs=Maltese
Spanish: t+|es|coger, t+|es|culear
Turkish: t+|tr|yatmak
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trans-top|work, suffice
Czech: t-|cs|fungovat, t-|cs|sta�it
Danish: gå an, klare sig, være nok
Dutch: t|nl|genoegen, het ermee doen
Finnish: t-|fi|riittää, t-|fi|menetellä, t+|fi|välttää, t-|fi|kelvata
French: t+|fr|aller
trans-mid
German: t+|de|reichen
Kurdish: t+|ku|kar|alt=kar kirin, t+|ku|xebitîn, t+|ku|kirin
Maltese: t-|mt|għamel|xs=Maltese
Scots: dae
Spanish: t+|es|valer
Turkish: t-|tr|yeterli olmak
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trans-top|be reasonable or acceptable
Danish: gå an
Dutch: t+|nl|gaan
Finnish: käydä pää|päinsä, olla hyväksyttävää
French: t+|fr|aller
Italian: t+|it|andare
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Kurdish: bûn, hatin qebûlkirin
Slovene: (biti) sprejemljivo
Spanish: t+|es|valer
Turkish: t-|tr|uygun olmak
Vietnamese: t+|vi|�ược|xs=Vietnamese
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trans-top|in questions
Dutch: translated by inversion
Esperanto: not translated
Finnish: t-|fi|-ko, t-|fi|-kö
French: est-ce que italbrac|or translated by inversion of the verb and subject
German: not translated, t+|de|tun italbrac|in poor colloquial speech, certain diaclects, baby-language, etc.
trans-mid
Italian: not translated
Kurdish: t+|ku|gelo, t+|ku|aya, t+|ku|ma
Old English: t-|ang|don|altd�n|xsOld English
Turkish: t+|tr|acaba
Vietnamese: subject + có + predicate + không; có phải (là) ... không
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trans-top|in negations
Dutch: not translated
Esperanto: not translated
Finnish: not translated
French: not translated
trans-mid
Italian: not translated
Old English: t-|ang|don|altd�n|xsOld English
Vietnamese: not translated
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trans-top|for emphasis
Dutch: t-|nl|wel
Esperanto: t-|eo|ja|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|-han, t+|fi|-hän
trans-mid
Kurdish: erê, belê, rast e ku
Old English: t-|ang|don|altd�n|xsOld English
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trans-top|to avoid repetition
Danish: t+|da|gøre
Dutch: not translated
Esperanto: not translated
Finnish: not translated
trans-mid
French: not translated
Italian: not translated
Old English: t-|ang|don|altd�n|xsOld English
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trans-top|cook
Dutch: t+|nl|bakken, t+|nl|koken
Finnish: t-|fi|kypsentää, t+|fi|paistaa
trans-mid
Slovene: skuhati
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trans-top|visit
Dutch: t+|nl|doen, t+|nl|bezoeken
trans-mid
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trans-top|be exhausted, finished, ready
Dutch: t+|nl|eraan t+|nl|zijn, t+|nl|klaar t+|nl|zijn, t-|nl|kapot t+|nl|zijn
trans-mid
Maltese: t-|mt|mgħamul|xs=Maltese
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trans-top|take care of, be well
Dutch: t|nl|deugddoen, t|nl|goeddoen
trans-mid
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trans-top|be in jail
Dutch: t+|nl|zitten
trans-mid
Finnish: t+|fi|istua
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Translations to be checked
checktrans
These may all be "identical" translations that should be copied to all translation sections above, as well as Noun meanings. Native speakers please verify.
trans-top|Translations to be checked
ttbc|CJKV Characters: �
ttbc|Esperanto: fari
ttbc|Ido: facar
ttbc|Interlingua: facer
ttbc|Quenya: (carë)
ttbc|Turkish: yapmak, etmek
ttbc|Volapük: dunön
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See also
Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

Etymology 2
From It. term|do|lang=it.

Alternative spellings
doh

Pronunciation
a|UK IPA|/d��/, SAMPA|/d@U/, enPR|d�
a|US IPA|/do�/, SAMPA|/doU/, enPR|d�
audio|en-us-do-music.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|��

Homophones
doe
dough

Noun
en-noun

1. music A syllable used in solfège to represent the first and eighth tonic of a major scale.

Synonyms
ut i|archaic

Translations
trans-top|tonic of a major scale
Dutch: t+|nl|do
trans-mid
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See also
fa
la
mi
re
so
ti

Etymology 3
Short for term|ditto.

abbreviation
do

1. rare ditto

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English heteronyms
Category:English irregular verbs
Category:English two-letter words
Category:English words with multiple etymologies
Category:Hair

Albanian

Verb
infl|sq|verb

1. To want.
2. To like.
3. To love.

#: Të dua.
#:: I love you.

Bosnian

Preposition
bs-prep|desc=genitive case

1. by
2. next to
3. until

Catalan

Etymology
From L.|ca term|donum||gift|lang=la

Noun
infl|ca|noun

1. gift
2. talent

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-do.ogg|audio

Preposition
cs-prep

1. into, in, to, until
2. by (at some time before (the given time))

#: Ať jsi zpátky do desíti! -- Be back by ten o'clock!

Dutch

Etymology
From It.|nl term|do||the note|lang=it.

Pronunciation
IPA|/do/, SAMPA|/do/
:rhymes|nl|o

Noun
nl-noun|g1m|g2f|do's|-

1. #Noun 2|do, the musical note
2. context|Belgium|lang=nl C, the musical note

Synonyms
ut i|archaic

See also
bee#Dutch|bee
fa#Dutch|fa
kruis
la#Dutch|la
mi#Dutch|mi
mol#Dutch|mol
re#Dutch|re
si#Dutch|si
sol#Dutch|sol

Esperanto

Adverb
eo-adv

1. then, indeed, however

Universala Vortaro

Category:Esperanto BRO1

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/do/, SAMPA|/do/
:rhymes|fr|o

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #Noun 2|do, the musical note

Synonyms
ut

Frisian

Pronoun
fy-pron|desc=personal pronoun

1. you i|informal second-person singular

See also
jo#Frisian|jo

Noun
infl|fy|noun

1. pigeon, dove

Irish

Pronunciation
IPA|/d̺�/

Pronoun
ga-pron|desc=possessive pronoun

1. your i|singular

#: dʼainm
#:: your name
#: do charr
#:: your car
rfex|make whole sentences

Pronunciation
IPA|/ɡ�/

Preposition
ga-prep

1. to, for

#: do chara
#:: to a friend, for a friend

Italian
rfc|is dò alternative spelling for both verb and noun?

Alternative spellings
dò

Verb
infl|it|verb form

1. form of|first-person singular indicative present tense|dare#Italian|dare

Noun
infl|it|noun|g=m

1. #Noun 2|do, the musical note

Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=�

1. 度: degree; times

Latin

Pronunciation
IPA|/do�/

Verb
infl|la|verb form|head=d�

1. form of|first-person singular present tense|dare#Latin|dare

Lojban

Pronoun
infl|jbo|pronoun

1. you

Category:jbo:Cmavo

Norwegian

Etymology 1
Possibly abbreviated form of "do-hus" (do house) from LG. don (do)

Noun
no-noun-m1<br>
no-noun-n3

1. toilet

Compounds
dodraug
dolukt
dopapir
dorull
dosete
klappedo
utedo

Synonyms
dass#Norwegian|dass
toalett

Etymology 2

Noun
do

1. do, the musical note

Polish

Pronunciation
IPA|/d�/

Preposition
pl-prep|desc=followed by the genitive

1. to, towards, into
2. until

Portuguese

Etymology
contraction|Contraction of the preposition term|de|langpt and the definite article term|o|langpt or the demonstrative pronoun term|o|lang=pt.

Contraction
pt-cont

1. of the
2. from the

Scottish Gaelic

Possessive pronoun
do

1. your, thy

#: Bha iongantach do ghràdh dhomh
#:: Wonderful was thy love for me.
#: Cùm an cuimhn� ar n-àm còmhla. Bidh cuimhn� agam ort, air d�anam ghrinn.
#:: Keep the memory of our time together. I will remember thee, thy dear soul.

Prepositional Pronoun
do

1. to, for

#: Do ar beatha, dhut, dhèanainn e.
#:: For our life, for thee, I would do it.

Derived terms
dhomh � to me
dhut � to you (singular|sing.)
dha � to him
dhi � to her
dhuinn � to us
dhuibh � to you (plural|pl.)
dhaibh � to them

Category:Scottish Gaelic prepositions
Category:Scottish Gaelic pronouns

Serbian

Preposition
sr-prep|desc=genitive case

1. by
2. next to
3. until

Cyrillic spelling
до

Slovak

Preposition
sk-prep

1. into, in, to, until

Turkish

Noun
infl|tr|noun

1. C, the musical note

Volapük

Conjunction
infl|vo|conjunction

1. though, although, even though

Welsh

Adverb
infl|cy|adverb

1. did|Did (as opposed to naddo, didn�t).

ar:do
br:do
ca:do
cs:do
da:do
de:do
el:do
es:do
eo:do
fr:do
fy:do
gl:do
ko:do
hy:do
hi:do
io:do
ie:do
it:do
kk:do
ku:do
la:do
hu:do
nl:do
ja:do
pa:do
pl:do
pt:do
ro:do
ru:do
simple:do
sk:do
sl:do
fi:do
ta:do
te:do
vi:do
tr:do
uk:do
vo:do
zh:do

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