quehacer

Spanish

Etymology

Ellipsis and univerbation of algo que hacer (“something to do”). Compare Sicilian u chi fari (“something to do”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /keaˈθeɾ/ [ke.aˈθeɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /keaˈseɾ/ [ke.aˈseɾ]
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: que‧ha‧cer

Noun

quehacer m (plural quehaceres)

work
Synonyms: trabajo, chamba, labores
task
Synonyms: tarea, cometido
chore
Synonyms: faena, tareas
(Mexico) homemaking
Synonyms: labores domésticas, quehaceres domésticos

Me falta hacer el quehacer.
I still have to do the homemaking.

Further reading

“quehacer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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