Learn Spanish (Latin America): Hago deporte en el parque.

Hago deporte en el parque.

I do sport in the park.

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Questions & Answers about Hago deporte en el parque.

Why is the verb hago and not "haco"?

Hago is the "I" form of the verb hacer (to do / to make). For most regular verbs that end in "-er", you just drop the "-er" and add "-o" to say "I do" something. However, hacer has an irregular "yo" (I) form. You just have to memorize that "I do" is hago. The other forms for this verb follow more regular patterns, like haces (you do) and hace (he/she does).

Doesn't hacer usually mean "to make"?

Hacer actually means both "to do" and "to make"! You can tell which one it means based on the context of the sentence. Here, hacer deporte means "to do sport" or "to play sports". If the sentence was hago un pastel, it would mean "I make a cake".

In English I usually say "I play sports." Why doesn't this sentence use the verb for "to play"?

In Spanish, the standard, natural way to say you exercise or play sports in general is hacer deporte (literally "to do sport"). You only use the verb jugar (to play) when you are talking about playing a specific game, like jugar al fútbol (to play soccer).

Where is the word yo (I) in this sentence?