make friends

English

Etymology

From Middle English maken frendes, equivalent to make +‎ friends.

Verb

make friends (third-person singular simple present makes friends, present participle making friends, simple past and past participle made friends)

(intransitive) To form friendships with others.
He hasn't made friends easily at his new school.
(construed with with) To befriend.
He made friends with his new neighbour.

Usage notes

If two or more people are said to make friends, it means that they have all become friends with each other.

Synonyms

(befriend): chum up

Translations

to create friendships

Bulgarian: сприятелявам се (sprijateljávam se)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 結交 (zh), 结交 (zh) (jiéjiāo), 交友 (zh), 交友 (zh) (jiāoyǒu), 交朋友 (zh) (jiāo péngyǒu)

Wu: 軋朋友, 轧朋友 (gaq ban hhieu)
Dutch: bevriend raken
Estonian: sõbrunema
Finnish: saada ystäviä
French: se faire des amis, se lier d'amitié
German: Freunde finden, sich anfreuden
Hungarian: barátkozik (hu), összebarátkozik (hu)
Japanese: 友達になる (ja) (ともだちになる, tomodachi ni naru), 味方になる (みかたになる, mikata ni naru)

Maori: whakahoa
Polish: zaprzyjaźniać się (pl) impf, zaprzyjaźnić się (pl) pf
Portuguese: fazer amigos
Russian: подружи́ться (ru) pf (podružítʹsja), дружи́ть (ru) impf (družítʹ) (also: "be friends")
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пријатељевати се

Roman: prijateljevati se (sh)
Slovak: spriateliť sa
Spanish: hacer amigos, amistar (es)
Vietnamese: kết bạn (vi)

to befriend, to become closer

Arabic: صَادَقَ‎ (ṣādaqa)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 交朋友 (zh) (jiāo péngyǒu), 成朋友 (chéng péngyǒu)
Esperanto: amikiĝi
Finnish: ystävystyä (fi)
French: se lier d'amitié
German: sich anfreunden

Hungarian: barátkozik (hu), összebarátkozik (hu), barátságot köt
Japanese: 仲よくなる (なかよくなる, nakayoku naru), 親しむ (したしむ, shitashimu)
Maori: takahoa
Polish: zaprzyjaźniać się (pl) impf, zaprzyjaźnić się (pl) pf
Romanian: a se împrieteni (ro)
Russian: подружи́ться (ru) pf (podružítʹsja), сдружи́ться (ru) pf (sdružítʹsja), сбли́зиться (ru) pf (sblízitʹsja)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

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