colocar.
to place; to put
Meaning & usage
to place; to put
Coloca as chaves em cima da mesa, faz favor.
to put
Não reclame, pois foi você mesmo que se colocou nessa situação.
to hire; to employ
to invest (to commit capital in the hope of financial return)
to place (to earn a given spot in a competition’s result)
Ele se colocou em último lugar na maratona.
É praticamente impossível se colocar entre os três primeiros.
to put forth
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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