A cabeleireira fez-me esperar dez minutos, mas a franja ficou ótima.

Yes. Cabeleireira is the feminine form, so a cabeleireira means the female hairdresser.

• o cabeleireiro = the male hairdresser
• a cabeleireira = the female hairdresser

In everyday use, cabeleireiro / cabeleireira can refer to the person. In some contexts, cabeleireiro can also mean a hair salon, but in this sentence it clearly means the person.

Because this is European Portuguese, which usually prefers enclisis in affirmative main clauses. That means the unstressed object pronoun goes after the verb and is linked with a hyphen:

• fez-me = made me

So fez-me esperar is the normal European Portuguese pattern.

In Brazilian Portuguese, you would very often hear:

• me fez esperar

Both mean the same thing, but fez-me sounds much more natural in Portugal.

In European Portuguese, when a clitic pronoun comes after the verb, it is normally attached with a hyphen:

• fez-me
• disse-lhe
• deu-nos

But if the pronoun comes before the verb, there is no hyphen:

• não me fez esperar
• quem me chamou?

So the hyphen is just part of the normal spelling rule for this pronoun placement.

It uses the structure:

fazer + object pronoun + infinitive

This often means to make someone do something.

So:

• fez-me esperar = made me wait
• literally: made me to wait

Other examples:

• fez-me rir = made me laugh
• fez-nos sair = made us leave

It is a very common and useful structure.

Because Portuguese can express duration directly, without a preposition, after many verbs.

So:

• esperar dez minutos = wait ten minutes
• dormir oito horas = sleep eight hours
• trabalhar dois dias = work two days

You can say durante dez minutos, but it is not necessary here.

• fez-me esperar dez minutos
• fez-me esperar durante dez minutos

Both are correct, but the first is more natural and direct.

Here it clearly means wait.

The verb esperar can mean different things depending on context:

• esperar alguém = wait for someone
• esperar dez minutos = wait ten minutes
• espero que... = I hope / I expect that...

In this sentence, because it is followed by dez minutos, the meaning is definitely wait.

Here franja means fringe, which in American English is usually bangs.

Since the sentence is about a hairdresser, a franja clearly refers to the front section of hair cut across the forehead.

So:

• franja = fringe / bangs

The word can have other meanings in other contexts, like an edge or border, but not here.

Because Portuguese often uses the definite article with specific nouns in places where English might not.

Here a franja means the fringe / the bangs — the specific fringe that resulted from the haircut.

Portuguese generally likes articles more than English does, especially with concrete nouns:

• A franja ficou ótima
• O cabelo está bonito
• As unhas cresceram

In English, you might say simply my bangs looked great, but Portuguese naturally uses a franja.

Because ficar often means to become, to turn out, or to end up in a certain state.

So:

• a franja ficou ótima = the fringe turned out great / ended up looking great

This is very natural when talking about the result of a haircut, style, meal, photo, etc.

Compare:

• ficou ótima = it turned out great
• estava ótima = it was looking great / it was great at that moment

In this sentence, the speaker is judging the result, so ficou is the best choice.

Because adjectives in Portuguese agree with the noun they describe.

Here the noun is:

• a franja = feminine singular

So the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• ótima

Compare:

• a franja ficou ótima
• o corte ficou ótimo

Same adjective, different ending because the noun changes gender.

Mas means but.

It connects two contrasting ideas:

• A cabeleireira fez-me esperar dez minutos = negative/annoying part
• mas a franja ficou ótima = positive result

So the sentence means: there was an inconvenience, but the final outcome was good.

It is understandable, but fez-me esperar dez minutos is more natural here.

With expressions of duration, Portuguese usually prefers the direct form:

• esperar dez minutos

Adding por is not the most natural choice in this sentence. If you want to expand it, durante works better:

• fez-me esperar durante dez minutos

But the original version is the most idiomatic.

Yes — the clearest European Portuguese feature is the pronoun placement in fez-me.

A Brazilian learner version would very often be:

• A cabeleireira me fez esperar dez minutos, mas a franja ficou ótima.

That sounds normal in Brazil, but in Portugal the original sentence is the more standard and natural form.

So if you are learning Portuguese from Portugal, fez-me is exactly the kind of pattern you should get used to.