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El entrenador me hizo lavar el uniforme.

El entrenador me hizo lavar el uniforme.
The coach made me wash the uniform.
From Lesson 288:Causative verbs (hacer, dejar)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El entrenador me hizo lavar el uniforme.

Why are hizo and lavar right next to each other without a connecting word in between?
In Spanish, to say someone 'makes' or 'lets' you do something, you use a conjugated form of hacer or dejar directly followed by an infinitive verb (like lavar). You never put a connector word like 'to' or 'that' between the two verbs in this structure.
Why does me go before hizo rather than being attached to the end of lavar?
In these 'make someone do something' structures, the object pronoun almost always goes right before the conjugated verb (here, hizo). It tells us who is receiving the pressure to act. You cannot attach it to the infinitive here, so it must be me hizo lavar and never hizo lavarme.
Why does the sentence use el uniforme (the uniform) instead of mi uniforme (my uniform)?
When talking about clothing or body parts, Spanish prefers a definite article (like el or la) over a possessive word (like mi or tu) as long as the owner is obvious. Since the coach made you do the washing, it is naturally understood that you are washing your own uniform.
Why is hacer spelled with a z in hizo?
hizo is the highly irregular past tense (preterite) form of hacer for he/she/it. The spelling changes to a z to keep the soft 's' pronunciation. If it were spelled with a c, it would be pronounced with a hard 'k' sound.

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