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colocar.

to place; to put

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ko.loˈka(ʁ)/Brazil[ko.loˈka(h)]Brazil/ko.loˈka(ɾ)/São-Paulo/ko.loˈka(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to place; to put

    transitive
    Coloca as chaves em cima da mesa, faz favor.
  2. to put

    transitive
    Não reclame, pois foi você mesmo que se colocou nessa situação.
  3. to hire; to employ

    transitive
  4. to invest (to commit capital in the hope of financial return)

    transitive
  5. to place (to earn a given spot in a competition’s result)

    pronominal · usually
    Ele se colocou em último lugar na maratona.
    É praticamente impossível se colocar entre os três primeiros.
  6. to put forth

    transitive
    A entrevistadora colocou uma pergunta interessante.
Where this word comes from

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

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