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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.

Conjugation

Synonyms

Derived terms

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.
    Conjugation of colocar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive colocar
gerund colocando
past participle masculine feminine
singular colocado colocada
plural colocados colocadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present coloco colocastú
colocásvos 		coloca colocamos colocáis colocan
imperfect colocaba colocabas colocaba colocábamos colocabais colocaban
preterite coloqué colocaste colocó colocamos colocasteis colocaron
future colocaré colocarás colocará colocaremos colocaréis colocarán
conditional colocaría colocarías colocaría colocaríamos colocaríais colocarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present coloque coloquestú
coloquésvos1 		coloque coloquemos coloquéis coloquen
imperfect
(ra)		 colocara colocaras colocara colocáramos colocarais colocaran
imperfect
(se)		 colocase colocases colocase colocásemos colocaseis colocasen
future colocare colocares colocare colocáremos colocareis colocaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative colocatú
colocávos 		coloque coloquemos colocad coloquen
negative no coloques no coloque no coloquemos no coloquéis no coloquen
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-ar_(conjugation_-car)'>Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation -car)</a>
    Selected combined forms of colocaredit data

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive colocar
dative colocarme colocarte, colocarle colocarle, colocarse colocarnos colocaros, colocarles colocarles, colocarse
accusative colocarme colocarte, colocarlo, colocarla colocarlo, colocarla, colocarse colocarnos colocaros, colocarlos, colocarlas colocarlos, colocarlas, colocarse
with gerund colocando
dative colocándome colocándote, colocándole colocándole, colocándose colocándonos colocándoos, colocándoles colocándoles, colocándose
accusative colocándome colocándote, colocándolo, colocándola colocándolo, colocándola, colocándose colocándonos colocándoos, colocándolos, colocándolas colocándolos, colocándolas, colocándose
with informal second-person singular imperative coloca
dative colócame colócate, colócale colócale colócanos colócaos, colócales colócales
accusative colócame colócate, colócalo, colócala colócalo, colócala colócanos colócaos, colócalos, colócalas colócalos, colócalas
with formal second-person singular imperative coloque
dative colóqueme colóquete, colóquele colóquele, colóquese colóquenos colóqueles colóqueles, colóquese
accusative colóqueme colóquete, colóquelo, colóquela colóquelo, colóquela, colóquese colóquenos colóquelos, colóquelas colóquelos, colóquelas, colóquese
with first-person plural imperative coloquemos
dative not used coloquémosle coloquémosle coloquémonos coloquémosles coloquémosles
accusative not used coloquémoslo, coloquémosla coloquémoslo, coloquémosla coloquémonos coloquémoslos, coloquémoslas coloquémoslos, coloquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative colocad
dative colocadme colocadle colocadle colocadnos colocaos, colocadles colocadles
accusative colocadme colocadlo, colocadla colocadlo, colocadla colocadnos colocaos, colocadlos, colocadlas colocadlos, colocadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative coloquen
dative colóquenme colóquente, colóquenle colóquenle, colóquense colóquenos colóquenles colóquenles, colóquense
accusative colóquenme colóquente, colóquenlo, colóquenla colóquenlo, colóquenla, colóquense colóquenos colóquenlos, colóquenlas colóquenlos, colóquenlas, colóquense

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Derived terms

Etymology

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

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