make friends

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To form friendships with others.
intransitive
To befriend.

Equivalents

Españolamigarse amistarse hacer amigos

Françaisse faire des amis se lier d'amitié

Deutschanfreunden Freunde finden sich anfreunden

22 more languages

العربيةائتنس صادق

Беларускаяпасябраваць

Българскисприятелявам се

Bosanskisprijateljiti sprijateljivati спријатељиватиспријатељити

Češtinaspřátelit se

Esperantoamikiĝi

Suomiystävystyä

Hrvatskisprijateljiti sprijateljivati спријатељиватиспријатељити

Magyarbarátkozik összebarátkozik

Հայերենընկերանալ

Italianofare amicizia

日本語交歓交遊仲よくなる友達になる味方になる親しむ

한국어친구를 사귀다

Nederlandsbevriend raken

Polskizaprzyjaźniać zaprzyjaźniać się zaprzyjaźnićzaprzyjaźnić się

Portuguêsfazer amigos

Русскийдружить подружи́ться сбли́зитьсясдружи́ться

Српскиsprijateljiti sprijateljivati спријатељиватиспријатељити

Kiswahiliunda urafiki

தமிழ்பழகு

Türkçearkadaş olmak

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Examples

“He hasn't made friends easily at his new school.”

“He made friends with his new neighbour.”

“I tried to be a friend to Jane but we never really made friends. She was never a friend to me.”

“Sara and I made friends right away.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

make fun of make game of make garden make good make good on make good one's running

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