Make?? or Do??

MAKE??  or  DO??  

As an ordinary verb “do” means to perform an action, or occupy oneself with something. 

Examples: What is Jan doing in Vermont?  She is not doing anything- she is making a speech and making new friends in a new language. The treatment is doing me good... it is reducing the pain.

“Make” in the dictionary is defined:

to produce something as in constructing material or joining parts,

to bring about (make trouble),

to prepare for use…made dinner / a bed

to bring a person or thing to do something, come to have or be by work…he will make a good scholar

to lay down …as rules, or form in the mind… a decision

to judge as to a person’s nature… what do you make of him

to serve for given purpose .. this makes good reading

to reach by traveling… make one’s destination

to deliver,  as a speech, or cause to appear

Do= hacer, obrar, ejecutar, terminar, desempeñar, representar, asar, cocer, recorrer, cumplir con, peinar, rendir, tributar, resolver problema, limpiar el cuarto, actuar, proceder, convenir, ser suficiente, estar, encontrarse, etc.

Make= hacer, crear, formar, construir, practicar, ejecutar, efectuar, constituir, causar, ocasionar, componer, producir, terminar, acabar, creer, deducir, inferir, calcular, ganar, obtener, granjear, adquirir, server de, portarse como, convenir en, forzar, obligar, compeler, inclinar, inducir, fabricar, confeccionar, elaborar, aderezar, preparar, disponer, arreglar, alcanzar, llegar a, etc. 

También cada uno tiene usos en instantes particulares… tipo idiomáticos… consulta un diccionario para una visión más amplia que estos pocos ejemplos de los más comunes:

Progresos…make progress

Caras…. Make faces

Tortas… make a cake

Escojes… make a choice

Charla… make a speech

Amistades… make friends

Problemas… make trouble

Esfuerzo… make an effort

Pelicula… make a film

Chiste… make a joke

Alzarse con… make off with

Recobrar tiempo perdido… make up lost time

Tareas de casa… do housework

Jardineria… do the gardening

Compras… do the shopping

Negocios… do business

Lavar los platos… do the dishes

Tareas de estudios… do homework

Repetir… do over again

No vale/ sirve… that won’t do

No tener nada que ver con…. Have nothing to do with