# colocar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collocāre (“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
## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin collocāre (“place, put, assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.

### Verb

colocar (first-person singular present coloco, first-person singular preterite coloquei, past participle colocado)
* to put; place
* to hire
    Synonyms: empregar, contratar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “colocar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “colocar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* collocar (pre-reform spelling)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin collocāre (“to place, to put, to assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.loˈka(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ko.loˈka(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ko.loˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ko.loˈka(ʁ)/ [ko.loˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ko.loˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ku.luˈkaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ku.luˈkaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ku.luˈka.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /kɔ.lɔˈka(h)/
* (Rural Central Brazil) IPA: /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
    Synonyms: pôr, (informal) botar
    Antonyms: tirar, retirar
    Coloca as chaves em cima da mesa, faz favor. ― Put the keys on the table, please.
** 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter I, in Cahetés‎, 2nd edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 7:Fui collocar a chicara na bandeja.I went to set the teacup on the tray.
* (transitive) to put [in a situation]
    Synonyms: pôr, deixar
    Não reclame, pois foi você mesmo que se colocou nessa situação. ― Don’t complain, you put yourself in this situation.
** 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎, 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 146:O pobre rapaz, que conhecia a falsa posição em que se collocara com a sua phrase, sentia-se humilhado e como que vendido n’aquelle meio.The poor young lad, who knew the false position in which he had put himself with his phrase, felt humiliated and embarrassed in the group.
* (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 pronominal) to place (to earn a given spot in a competition’s result) [with em ‘in a position’ or entre (+ plural noun) ‘among a set of positions’]
    Synonym: ganhar
    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.
* (transitive) to put forth [a question]
    A entrevistadora colocou uma pergunta interessante. ― The interviewer put forth an interesting question.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:colocar.

#### Derived terms

* colocação
* colocador
* colocar lenha na fogueira
* colocar o carro à frente dos bois
* colocar todos os ovos em uma única cesta

### References

* LUFT, Celso Pedro. Microdicionário de língua portuguesa Luft. São Paulo, Brazil: Ática, 2000. →ISBN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collocāre (“place, put, assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar. Cognate with English collocate and couch.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine 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.

#### Derived terms

* colocación

### Further reading

* “colocar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10