¿qué hiciste?
¿qué hiciste? is the Spanish phrase for "what did you do?"
This phrase is a question used to ask someone about their past actions or activities.
Which one should you use?
While ¿qué hiciste? asks about a completed action in the past, you should use ¿qué haces? if you want to ask what someone is doing in the present tense.
How does it change in a sentence?
The verb form hiciste is used for both masculine and feminine subjects and does not change based on the gender of the person you are addressing. To ask a group of people what they did, use the plural form ¿qué hicieron?
Did you know?
- In many Spanish-speaking regions, if you ask ¿qué hiciste? with a rising tone of disbelief, it can function as a way to say 'How could you?' or 'What have you done?' to express shock at someone's behavior.
- Spanish has several ways to express 'what did you do' depending on the timeframe, such as ¿qué has hecho?, which is used more frequently in Spain than in Latin America for recent events.
- The verb in hiciste comes from 'hacer', a word that also means 'to make'. This means that in Spanish, asking 'what did you do?' and 'what did you make?' uses the exact same verb.
Examples in context
- ¿Qué hizo usted en su último empleo?What did you do in your last job?
- ¡Hola! ¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana?Hey! What did you do over the weekend?
- Ayer no te vi en la fiesta, ¿qué hiciste?I didn't see you at the party yesterday, what did you do?
- Vi que no viniste, ¿qué hiciste?I saw that you didn't come, what did you do?
