colocar

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verb

colocar

transitive verb

1. to place, to put (en una posición, un lugar); to plant (bomba)

hay que colocar bien ese cuadro, está torcido -> that picture needs to be hung properly, it isn't straight
vuelve a colocar ese libro donde estaba -> put that book back where it was

2. to place, to invest (invertir)

3. to find a job for (en un empleo)

colocó a su hijo de abogado en su empresa -> he found his son a job as a lawyer in his own firm

4. to marry off (casar)

5. to palm off (informal) (endilgar)

le colocaron una moto que no funciona -> they palmed a motorbike off on him that doesn't work

intransitive verb

6. (informal) (droga, alcohol)

colocarse

pronomial verb

1. to stand (en una posición, un lugar) (de pie); to sit (sentado)

2. to get a job (en un trabajo)

3. to get blind drunk o smashed (informal) (emborracharse); to get high o stoned (drogarse)

colocar [co-lo-car’]

article & verb transitive

1. To arrange, to put in due place or order, to place.

2. To place, to put in any place, rank, condition, or office, to provide one with a place or employment.

3. To collocate, to locate to lay.

4. Colocar una responsabilidad a uno, to saddle somebody with a responsibility.

5. To nick, to arrest.

verb reflexive

6. To place oneself, to station oneself; (Dep.) to get a place.

El equipo se ha colocado en quinto lugar -> the team has climbed to fifth position

7. To get a job.

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	coloco	coloqué	colocaba	colocaré	coloque
Tú	colocas	colocaste	colocabas	colocarás	coloques
Ella/Él/Usted	coloca	colocó	colocaba	colocará	coloque
Nosotros	colocamos	colocamos	colocábamos	colocaremos	coloquemos
Vosotros	colocáis	colocasteis	colocabais	colocaréis	coloquéis
Ellos/Ustedes	colocan	colocaron	colocaban	colocarán	coloquen