How to Say ‘What do you do?’ in Mexican Spanish
¿Qué haces?
keh AH-sehs
[keh AH-sehs]
💬 Usage Tip: Haces is from hacer. Here it means “what are you doing/what do you do?” depending on context.
🇲🇽 In Mexico: With family, this often means “What are you up to?” rather than a formal question about work.
Phrase Breakdown
Qué
[keh]
what
Question word used to ask for information.
¿Qué haces cuando visitas a tu abuela?
What do you do when you visit your grandmother?
haces
[AH-sehs]
you do / you are doing
From hacer; here it asks what someone does or is doing.
¿Qué haces por las tardes?
What do you do in the afternoons?
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