colocar
Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collocare, present active infinitive of collocō (“place, put, assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.
Verb
colocar (first-person singular indicative present coloco, past participle colocáu)
- to put, place
- to tidy, tidy up
Conjugation
infinitive | colocar | ||||||
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gerund | colocando | ||||||
past participle | m colocáu, f colocada, n colocao, m pl colocaos, f pl colocaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | coloco | coloques | coloca | colocamos | colocáis | coloquen |
imperfect | colocaba | colocabes | colocaba | colocábemos, colocábamos | colocabeis, colocabais | colocaben | |
preterite | coloqué | colocasti, coloquesti | colocó | coloquemos | colocastis, coloquestis | colocaron | |
pluperfect | colocare, colocara | colocares, colocaras | colocare, colocara | colocáremos, colocáramos | colocareis, colocarais | colocaren, colocaran | |
future | colocaré | colocarás | colocará | colocaremos | colocaréis | colocarán | |
conditional | colocaría | colocaríes | colocaría | colocaríemos, colocaríamos | colocaríeis, colocaríais | colocaríen | |
subjunctive | present | coloque | coloques, colocas | coloque | coloquemos | coloquéis | coloquen, colocan |
imperfect | colocare, colocara | colocares, colocaras | colocare, colocara | colocáremos, colocáramos | colocareis, colocarais | colocaren, colocaran | |
imperative | — | coloca | — | — | colocái | — |
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- collocar (obsolete)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin collocāre (“to place, to put, to assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈka(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈka(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.loˈka(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.loˈka(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈka(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.loˈka(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.luˈkaɾ/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔˈka(h)/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.luˈka(ɹ)/
- Hyphenation: co‧lo‧car
Verb
colocar (first-person singular present coloco, first-person singular preterite coloquei, past participle colocado)
- (transitive) to place; to put
- Coloca as chaves em cima da mesa, faz favor. ― Put the keys on the table, please.
- Synonyms: (more formal) pôr, (informal) botar
- Antonyms: tirar, retirar
- (transitive) to put [in a situation]
- Não reclame, pois foi você mesmo que se colocou nessa situação. ― Don’t complain, you put yourself in this situation.
- Synonyms: pôr, deixar
- (transitive) to hire; to employ
- Synonyms: (more common) empregar, contratar
- (transitive) to invest (to commit capital in the hope of financial return)
- Synonyms: (more common) investir, aplicar
- (usually takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em or entre (with a plural object)) to place (to earn a given spot in a competition’s result)
- Ele se colocou em último lugar na maratona. ― He got last place in the marathon.
- É praticamente impossível se colocar entre os três primeiros. ― It’s nearly impossible to place in the top three positions.
- Synonym: ganhar
- (transitive) to put forth [a question]
- A entrevistadora colocou uma pergunta interessante. ― The interviewer put forth an interesting question.
- inflection of colocar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | colocar | |||||
Personal | colocar | colocares | colocar | colocarmos | colocardes | colocarem |
Gerund | ||||||
colocando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | colocado | colocados | ||||
Feminine | colocada | colocadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | coloco | colocas | coloca | colocamos | colocais | colocam |
Imperfect | colocava | colocavas | colocava | colocávamos | colocáveis | colocavam |
Preterite | coloquei | colocaste | colocou | colocamos1, colocámos2 | colocastes | colocaram |
Pluperfect | colocara | colocaras | colocara | colocáramos | colocáreis | colocaram |
Future | colocarei | colocarás | colocará | colocaremos | colocareis | colocarão |
Conditional | ||||||
colocaria | colocarias | colocaria | colocaríamos | colocaríeis | colocariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | coloque | coloques | coloque | coloquemos | coloqueis | coloquem |
Imperfect | colocasse | colocasses | colocasse | colocássemos | colocásseis | colocassem |
Future | colocar | colocares | colocar | colocarmos | colocardes | colocarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | coloca | coloque | coloquemos | colocai | coloquem | |
Negative (não) | não coloques | não coloque | não coloquemos | não coloqueis | não coloquem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:colocar.
Derived terms
- colocação
- colocador
References
- LUFT, Celso Pedro. Microdicionário de língua portuguesa Luft. São Paulo, Brazil: Ática, 2000. →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collocare, present active infinitive of collocō (“place, put, assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar. Cognate with English collocate and couch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koloˈkaɾ/ [ko.loˈkaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧lo‧car
Verb
colocar (first-person singular present coloco, first-person singular preterite coloqué, past participle colocado)
- to place
- to put
- Synonym: poner
- to get in
- No pude colocar palabras.
- I couldn't get a word in.
- (reflexive, slang) to take drugs
- (transitive, slang) to intoxicate (stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol)
Conjugation
infinitive | colocar | ||||||
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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/ello 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/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | coloque | coloquestú coloquésvos2 | coloque | coloquemos | coloquéis | coloquen | |
imperfect (ra) | colocara | colocaras | colocara | colocáramos | colocarais | colocaran | |
imperfect (se) | colocase | colocases | colocase | colocásemos | colocaseis | colocasen | |
future1 | 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 |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive colocar | |||||||
dative | colocarme | colocarte | colocarle, colocarse | colocarnos | colocaros | colocarles, colocarse | |
accusative | colocarme | colocarte | colocarlo, colocarla, colocarse | colocarnos | colocaros | colocarlos, colocarlas, colocarse | |
with gerund colocando | |||||||
dative | colocándome | colocándote | colocándole, colocándose | colocándonos | colocándoos | colocándoles, colocándose | |
accusative | colocándome | colocándote | colocándolo, colocándola, colocándose | colocándonos | colocándoos | colocándolos, colocándolas, colocándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative coloca | |||||||
dative | colócame | colócate | colócale | colócanos | not used | colócales | |
accusative | colócame | colócate | colócalo, colócala | colócanos | not used | colócalos, colócalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative colocá | |||||||
dative | colocame | colocate | colocale | colocanos | not used | colocales | |
accusative | colocame | colocate | colocalo, colocala | colocanos | not used | colocalos, colocalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative coloque | |||||||
dative | colóqueme | not used | colóquele, colóquese | colóquenos | not used | colóqueles | |
accusative | colóqueme | not used | colóquelo, colóquela, colóquese | colóquenos | not used | colóquelos, colóquelas | |
with first-person plural imperative coloquemos | |||||||
dative | not used | coloquémoste | coloquémosle | coloquémonos | coloquémoos | coloquémosles | |
accusative | not used | coloquémoste | coloquémoslo, coloquémosla | coloquémonos | coloquémoos | coloquémoslos, coloquémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative colocad | |||||||
dative | colocadme | not used | colocadle | colocadnos | colocaos | colocadles | |
accusative | colocadme | not used | colocadlo, colocadla | colocadnos | colocaos | colocadlos, colocadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative coloquen | |||||||
dative | colóquenme | not used | colóquenle | colóquennos | not used | colóquenles, colóquense | |
accusative | colóquenme | not used | colóquenlo, colóquenla | colóquennos | not used | colóquenlos, colóquenlas, colóquense |
Derived terms
- colocación
Further reading
- “colocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014