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colocar

colocar

Asturian

Verb

colocar

  1. to put, place
  2. to tidy, tidy up

Conjugation


Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin collocare, present active infinitive of collocō (place, put, assemble). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.

Pronunciation

Verb

colocar (first-person singular present indicative coloco, past participle colocado)

  1. to place
  2. to put
  3. to hire

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:colocar.

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References

  • LUFT, Celso Pedro. Microdicionário de língua portuguesa Luft. São Paulo, Brazil: Ática, 2000. ISBN 85-08-07119-1

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin collocare, present active infinitive of collocō (place, put, assemble). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koloˈkaɾ]

Verb

colocar (first-person singular present coloco, first-person singular preterite coloqué, past participle colocado)

  1. to place
  2. to put
  3. (reflexive, slang) to take drugs

Conjugation

  • c becomes qu before e.

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