Word
Mi prima hizo veintitrés fotos del faro al atardecer.
Meaning
My cousin took twenty-three photos of the lighthouse at sunset.
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Questions & Answers about Mi prima hizo veintitrés fotos del faro al atardecer.
What does hizo mean here? I thought hacer meant to do or to make.
That is the basic meaning of hacer, but in Spanish it is also very common to use hacer with fotos to mean to take photos.
So:
- hacer fotos = to take photos
- hizo fotos = she took photos
In Spain, hacer fotos is very natural. You may also hear sacar fotos in some regions, and tomar fotos is common in many parts of Latin America.
Why is it veintitrés with an accent mark?
Veintitrés has a written accent because the stress falls on the last syllable: veintiTRÉS.
Spanish spelling rules require the accent mark here. Numbers like veintidós, veintitrés, and veintiséis all have written accents.
Why doesn’t veintitrés change form before fotos?