fait quoi

what

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phrase Uncommon #12,475
what Very common in spoken French; the exact English meaning depends on context, e.g. “what is he doing?”, “what did you do?”, or “what does it do?”
FR: Il fait quoi ce soir ?
EN: What is he doing tonight?

Elle croit qu'elle fait quoi?

What does she think she's doing?

— Wicked (2024)

Ta famille fait quoi?

What does your family do?

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Tu lui as fait quoi?

What did you do to him?

— Viens chez moi, j'habite chez une copine (1981)

Tu leur as fait quoi?

What did you do to them?

— Le Cinquième Élément (1997)

Tu crois que j'ai fait quoi?

What do you think I did?

— Mystic River (2003)

Vous lui avez fait quoi?

What did you do to him?

— Le vent se lève (2006)

Taki fait quoi?

What is Taki doing?

— Your Name. (2016)

Tu fait quoi ce weekend?

What are you doing this weekend?

On en fait quoi?

What do we do with it?

— Salyut-7 (2017)

Elle fait quoi, avec deux vieux?

What's she doing with two old people?

— Malèna (2000)

Ça vous fait quoi, d'être assis derrière ce bureau, Frank?

How does it feel to be sitting behind that desk, Frank?

— Il était une fois dans l'Ouest (1968)

T'en as fait quoi?

What did you do with it?

T'aurais fait quoi?

What would you have done?

Qui fait quoi?

Who does what?

Tu aurais fait quoi?

What would you have done?

— Pour l'éternité (2025)

Elle t'a fait quoi?

What did she do to you?

Vous en avez fait quoi?

What did you do with it?

Tu en as fait quoi?

What did you do with it?

Ça vous fait quoi?

How does that make you feel?

Bon, on fait quoi maintenant?

Okay, what do we do now?

La porte, on en fait quoi?

What do we do with the door?

— Le Cinquième Élément (1997)

Si j'avais fait le plein, vous m'auriez fait quoi?

If I had filled up, what would you have done to me?

— A Taxi Driver (2017)

Il t'a fait quoi?

What did he do to you?

Ca vous fait quoi, au fait?

How does that make you feel, by the way?

— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)

Et maintenant, elle fait quoi?

And now, what is she doing?

— Une seconde mère (2015)

Elle fait quoi?

What is she doing?

— On ne vit qu'une seule fois (2011)

Vous leur avez fait quoi?

What did you do to them?

Ils t'ont fait quoi?

What did they do to you?

Bon, on fait quoi?

Okay, so what do we do?

— La Haine (1995)

T'en as fait quoi, couille molle?

What did you do with it, you spineless coward?

— Une femme fantastique (2017)

Sonny fait quoi?

What is Sonny doing?

— F1® Le Film (2025)

Fait quoi?

What does it do?

— Presque Célèbre (2000)