għamel

From Arabic ⁧عَمِلَ⁩ (ʕamila).

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.mɛl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaˤː.mɛl/ (archaic)
• Homophone: agħmel

għamel (imperfect jagħmel, past participle magħmul, verbal noun għamil)

1. to do, to make

   Synonym: (obsolete) fagħal

   Il-mastrudaxxa qed tagħmel sodda.

   The carpenter is making a bed.

2. to make (somebody do something)

   Synonym: ġiegħel

3. to happen
4. to organise

   Synonyms: tella’, organizza

   Il-kappillan se jagħmel ħarġa għat-tfal.

   The parish priest is going to organise an outing for children.

5. to spend (time)

   Għamilna sena Ljubljana u sena oħra Madrid.

   We spent one year in Ljubljana and another year in Madrid.

6. to leak, to spring
7. to perform
8. to play (act in a performance) [+-ha = dummy object] [+ ta’ (object)]

   Tagħmilha t’inġiniera f’dal-film.

   She is playing the role of an engineer in this movie.

9. to like something very much [+ għal (object)]

   Tagħmel għall-imqarrun. ― She likes macaroni very much.

10. to place, to put

    Synonyms: qiegħed, poġġa, xeħet, tefa’

    Agħmlu hemm. ― Put it there.

11. to bear fruit

    Ix-xogħol qed jagħmel ħafna frott.

    The labour is bearing fruit.

12. to cultivate
13. to wet [+ f’ (object)]
14. to consider, to believe
    • 1986, Salvatore Frendo De Mannarino, chapter VIII, in Barunissa Maltija, page 51:

      [...] l-istorja ta’ xi gwerrier li ommu u niesu kienu għamlu mejjet [...]

      [...] the story of a warrior whose mother and people considered him to be dead [...]

15. to do (something) for (someone) [+ ma’ (object)][+ għal (object)]

    Ma tapprezzax dak kollu li għamilt miegħek. ― You don’t appreciate everything I did for you.

16. to fall under [+ ma’ (object)]

    Iż-Żurrieq jagħmel mal-ħames distrett elettorali. ― Żurrieq falls under the fifth electoral district.

17. to attack [+ għal (object)]

    Synonyms: attakka, ħebb

    Ix-xufier ħareġ mill-karozza u għamel għall-passiġġier. ― The driver got out of the car and attacked the passenger.

18. to imitate [+ bħal (object)]

    Għala qed tagħmel bħali? ― Why are you imitating me?

19. to do a favour or wrong [+ lil (object)]

    Għamilna pjaċir lill-ġenituri tagħna. ― We did our parents a favour.

20. to pretend [+-ha = dummy object] [+ tabirruħ (object)]

    Għamilha tabirruħu marid. ― He pretended to be sick.

21. to make it [+-ha = dummy object]

    Għamilha! ― He made it!