le hicieron

they made him/her

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they made him/her Often used in a causative sense: they caused someone to do something or become something. The pronoun le refers to the person affected.

SP: Le hicieron cambiar de opinión.

EN: They made him change his mind.

Las buenas noticias le hicieron llorar.

The good news made her cry.

Quiero agarrar a los que le hicieron esto.

I want to catch those who did this to him.

Le hicieron las cosas tan difíciles.

They made things so difficult for him.

— Good bye, Lenin! (2003)

Los demás no le hicieron caso a su advertencia.

The others ignored his warning.

Le hicieron pruebas de veneno al trapo.

They tested the rag for poison.

— Algunos hombres buenos (1992)

Hizo algo malo, y le hicieron beber esa cosa.

He did something wrong, and they made him drink that stuff.

— El síndrome asténico (1989)

Mira lo que le hicieron.

Look what they did to him.

Le hicieron presidente del club.

They made him president of the club.

Fue tremendo lo que le hicieron.

What they did to him was terrible.

— Relatos salvajes (2014)

Le hicieron una docena de agujeros.

They made a dozen holes in it.

— Hunting Season (2025)

Siempre quise preguntarle donde le hicieron ese tatuaje.

I always wanted to ask him where he got that tattoo.

A Tom le hicieron caer en una trampa.

Tom was lured into a trap.