poner.
to put, to place (cause to assume a specified position)
Meaning & usage
to put, to place (cause to assume a specified position)
Pon el lápiz en la mesa.
Te pongo la caja por acá.
to write
Pon tu nombre en el papel.
Esta palabra está mal puesta.
to type (with a keyboard, etc.), (with a dative object) to send
En un tweet, Fulanito puso que le gusta pasear.
Le puse un emoji llorando a mi amiga.
to attach, to assign (also in an abstract sense)
Ponerle una banda sonora a las películas añade emoción.
En 2020, muchos países pusieron restricciones al turismo.
to give, to provide
Para beber qué te pongo?
Carlos pone la casa, yo pongo los refrescos.
(transitive) to put (cause to assume a specified state), (reflexive) to become, to get, to put oneself in a specified state
La ciudad de Providence ya puso en efecto la prohibición temporal de estacionamiento durante la tormenta hasta nuevo aviso.
Pon estos números de menor a mayor.
to pay (attention)
¡Pon atención a la clase!
to prepare
poner la mesa
Pon una alarma para las 3 de la tarde.
to turn on, activate (an appliance, light, a mechanism, a functionality etc.).
Mi alarma de las 3 de la tarde no se puso.
to play, put on (a recording, a song, a video etc.), put, display (an image)
¡Pongan bachata!
Ya se puso la canción en el radio dos veces.
to lay (eggs)
La gallina puso un huevo.
(of something on which something is written) to say, to read (indicate in written form)
El letrero pone que está prohibido fumar.
En el letrero pone que está prohibido fumar.
to name, to give a nickname
Le voy a poner Rodrigo.
to put on, to don, to change into (clothing, shoes, accoutrements)
Me puse las gafas.
Me puse un vestido muy lindo para la boda.
(of a heavenly body) to set (i.e., to sink beneath the horizon)
¿A qué hora se pone el sol?
to start doing something, to begin, to get down to
Se sentaron a la mesa y se pusieron a hablar en voz alta.
Por lo tanto, es hora de ponernos a trabajar.
to turn on, make horny
Me pones mucho.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Italic *po Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf. Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *tḱinéti Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Latin pono Spanish poner Inherited from Latin pōnere (whence English post and position), from Proto-Italic *pozinō. Compare Portuguese pôr and Romanian pune.
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