put

poner

verb

put
(pt & pp put)
[pʊt]
verbo transitivo
1poner (place); colocar (carefully)
  • to put something into something -> meter algo en algo
  • to put one's arms around something/somebody -> rodear algo/a alguien con los brazos
  • she put her head round the door -> asomó la cabeza por la puerta
  • to put a man on the moon -> enviar un hombre a la Luna
  • to put a limit on something -> poner un límite a algo
  • put it there!, (familiar) ->
  • put 'er there! -> ¡choca esos cinco!, ¡chócala! (shake hands) (británicoUS)
  • to put oneself into somebody's hands (sentido figurado) -> ponerse en manos de alguien
  • to put somebody in his place (sentido figurado) -> poner a alguien en su sitio
  • put yourself in my position (sentido figurado) -> ponte en mi lugar
  • to put a matter right -> arreglar una cuestión
  • to put money on a horse -> apostar a un caballo
  • to put a lot of work into something -> trabajar intensamente en algo
  • to put a stop to something -> poner fin a algo
  • to put a child to bed -> acostar a un niño
  • to put somebody to the test -> poner a alguien a prueba
  • I didn't know where to put myself (familiar sentido figurado) -> no sabía dónde meterme
2(present)
  • to put a question to somebody -> hacer una pregunta a alguien
  • to put a proposal to somebody -> presentar una propuesta a alguien
  • I put it to you that… -> ¿no es cierto que…? (in court case)
3(express)
  • to put something well/badly -> expresar algo bien/mal
  • I couldn't have put it better myself -> nadie lo hubiera dicho mejor
  • to put it bluntly -> hablando claro
  • to put it mildly -> por no decir otra cosa
  • how shall I put it? -> ¿cómo lo diría?
4calcular (estimate)(at en)
  • I would put her age at forty -> yo diría que tiene unos cuarenta años
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to put to sea -> zarpar

put [put]
participio activo
1PUTTING, pret.
participio pasivo
2PUT).
3Poner, colocar (place).
4Poner, disponer o prevenir alguna cosa.
5Poner, confiar, cometer, entregar (give).
6Poner, dedicar a alguno o inclinarle a que tome algún empleo u oficio.
7Poner, reducir o estrechar a una persona a que haga algo contra su voluntad.
8Poner, exponer, proponer, presentar para ser para ser discutido, hacer o dirigir (a question).
9Expresar en palabras, declarar, intepretar.
10Arrojar, lanzar con un movimiento del brazo hacia arriba y adelante.
11Poner, imponer, obligar a alguna cosa. (Antiguo)
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
12Dirigir su rumbo o curso, dirigirse. (n)
13Ir, moverse. (Antiguo) (n)
14Brotar, germinar, arrojar el árbol sus hojas, flores, botones o renuevos. (n)
y
participio pasivo
1Participio pasivo de To PUT.
sustantivo
1Acción del verbo put, en cualquiera de sus acepciones, particularmente golpe, tiro, lanzamiento.
2Especie de juego de naipes.
3(E. U.) Contrato por el cual una persona adquiere, mediante pago, el privilegio de vender o remitir a otra determinado artículo por un precio estipulado; lo opuesto a call.
4To stay estar quieto, en su lugar.
sustantivo
1Patán, palurdo. (Provincia)

put [pʊt] put (past)
verb:transitive
For set combinations consisting of put + noun, eg put a price on, put a strain on, put an end to, put at risk, put out of business, put in touch with look up the noun. For put + adverb/preposition combinations, see also phrasal verbs.
putput a price onput a strain onput an end toput at riskput out of businessput in touch withput
1 (place, thrust) (physically) poner; (with precision) colocar; (insert) meter; introducir; (formal) (leave) dejar
to put one's arms [around] sb
I put a serviette by each plateby puse coloqué una servilleta junto a cada plato;or
put it in the drawerin ponlo en el cajón
she put the chairs in a circle puso colocó las sillas en círculo;or shall I put milk in your coffee? ¿te pongo leche en el café?; you haven't put any salt in it no le has puesto nada de sal; to put an advertisement in the paper poner un anuncio en el periódico; he put a coin in the slot puso metió introdujo una moneda en la ranura;oror (formal) he put the letter in his pocket se metió la carta en el bolsillo; he put the ball in the net metió el balón en la red; to put sb in a home ingresar a algn en una residencia
Rather than put him in hospital she cared for him at home He threatened to put me in hospital if I didn't tell him what he wanted to know When Father was no longer able to look after himself, we had to decide whether to put him in a home We put the dog in kennels while we were away They put an announcement in the local paper thanking everyone
you should put your money in a bank deberías poner depositar el dinero en un banco;or (formal)
I put a sheet of paper into the typewriterinto puse coloqué una hoja de papel en la máquina de escribir;or
I put my hand into the sack metí la mano en el saco
he put her into a taxi
he put his keys on the tableon puso dejó las llaves en la mesa;or
I put some more coal on the fire puse eché más carbón en el fuego;or she put her head on my shoulder apoyó recostó la cabeza en mi hombro;or my brother put me on the train mi hermano me dejó en el tren; to put a button on a shirt coser un botón en una camisa
she put her head out of the windowout of asomó la cabeza por la ventana
he put his hand over his mouthover se tapó la boca con la mano; se puso la mano en la boca
he put his head round the doorround asomó la cabeza por la puerta
put it there!there (informal) (handshake) ¡chócala!; (informal)
to put a bullet [through] sb
I put my fist through the windowthrough rompí la ventana con el puño
she put a bullet through his head le metió una bala por la cabeza
we put the children [to] bed to put the enemy [to] flight they had to put three men on the job
he put the shell to his earto se puso se acercó la concha al oído;or
he put his rucksack over the fence
put yourself in my place ponte en mi lugar
Put yourself in my place — alone in a foreign country and with no money. What would you have done?
I didn't know where to put myself (informal) creí que me moría de vergüenza; no sabía dónde meterme
(with abstract nouns)
Some [put] + noun combinations require a more specific Spanish verb. For very set combinations look up the noun.
don't try and put the [blame] on me! he put the [blame] squarely on the government
the syllabus puts a lot of emphasis on languagesemphasis el programa (de estudios) hace pone mucho énfasis en los idiomas;or
I wouldn't put any faith in what he saysfaith yo no creería lo que dice; yo no tendría ninguna confianza en lo que dice
he's putting [ideas] into their heads
you can put that idea out of your headidea ya te puedes quitar esa idea de la cabeza
the only way I can cope is by putting all thoughts of the accident out of my head Anyone who thinks this signals a change in our policy can put such ideas out of their mind completely you can't put a [price] on friendship his mother was putting all the [responsibility] on him
this puts the responsibility on drivers to be aware of the lawresponsibility esto responsabiliza a los conductores de estar enterados de la ley
his illness put a great [strain] on his family they have put a [tax] on luxury items His comments put additional pressure on the government They will force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects Be aware of the terrible strain it can put on a child when you expect the best reports I put my trust in you and this is how you repay me to put one's trust in God
I couldn't put a [figure] on it they are putting [pressure] on her to resign they put no [value] on human life he puts a high value on his appearance She puts great value on his friendship
2 (cause to be) poner
he put his own life [at] risk to save them
to put sb in a good/bad moodin poner a algn de buen/mal humor
this puts me in a very awkward position esto me pone deja en una situación muy difícil;or his win today puts him in second place overall la victoria de hoy le pone coloca en segunda posición en la clasificación general;or to put sb in charge of sth poner a algn a cargo de algo
to put sb [in touch with] sb My doctor put me in touch with a psychiatrist
to put sb on a dieton poner a algn a dieta a régimen;or
the doctor has put me on antibiotics el doctor me ha recetado antibióticos
this is going to put them [out of] business a knee injury put him [out of] the final
3 (cause to undertake)
to put sb to sth: it put us to a lot of extra expenseexpense nos supuso muchos gastos adicionales
I don't want to put you to any troubletrouble no quiero causarte ninguna molestia
she put him to work immediatelywork lo puso a trabajar en seguida
I put him [to] answering the phone
4 (express) decir
I don't quite know how to put this la verdad, no sé cómo decir esto; you can put all that in two words todo eso se puede decir en dos palabras
as Shakespeare puts itas como dice Shakespeare
as the Portuguese put [it]
to put it bluntlybluntly para decirlo claramente; hablando en plata; (informal)
I find it hard to put into wordsinto me resulta difícil expresarlo con palabras
to put sth into French traducir algo al francés
how shall I put it?it ¿cómo lo diría?
let me put it this way ... digámoslo de esta manera ...; por decirlo de alguna manera ...; to put it another way, it'll save you three hours por decirlo de otra manera, te ahorrará tres horas; try putting it another way trata de decirlo de otra manera
to put it simplysimply para decirlo sencillamente
to put it [briefly] to put a text into verse
5 (write) poner; escribir
what do you want me to put? ¿qué quieres que ponga escriba?;or
He crossed out "Screenplay" and put "Written by" instead You should have put a semi-colon, not a colon He put some pretty scandalous stories in his memoirs
put your name at the top of the paper ponga escriba su nombre en la parte superior del papel;or put the title in capital letters pon escribe el título en letras mayúsculas;or to put sth in writing poner algo por escrito
I've put you on the waiting liston le he puesto en la lista de espera
put it on my account (Comm) cárguelo a mi cuenta
he put a line through the offending paragraphthrough tachó el párrafo controvertido
to put one's signature to sthto firmar algo
6 (invest) invertir
to put money into a companyinto invertir dinero en una compañía
he put all his savings into the project invirtió todos sus ahorros en el proyecto; I put most of the money into shares invertí la mayor parte del dinero en acciones; I've put a lot of time and effort into this he invertido un montón de tiempo y esfuerzo en esto; le he dedicado a esto mucho tiempo y esfuerzo; she has put a lot into the relationship se ha esforzado mucho en su relación; "I'm not getting much out of this course" — "well, you're not putting much into it, are you?" —no estoy sacando mucho de este curso —tampoco es que te estés esforzando mucho, ¿no?
to put one's savings [into] marks
7 (contribute)
to put sth towards sthtowards contribuir (con) algo hacia algo
I'll pay for the bike but you'll have to put something towards it yo pagaré la bici pero tú tienes que contribuir con algo; I'm going to put the money towards a holiday voy a poner guardar el dinero para unas vacaciones;or
8 (expound, submit) [+views] expresar; exponer
this will give people an opportunity to put their views esto dará a la gente la oportunidad de expresar exponer sus puntos de vista;or he puts the case for a change in the law plantea expone argumentos a favor de un cambio en la ley;or she puts a convincing case presenta da argumentos convincentes;or
she wanted to put her own case he put the arguments for and against the project he put his own side of the argument very clearly he sat there listening as we put suggestions to him
the proposal was put before Parliamentbefore la propuesta se presentó ante el parlamento
to put sth to sbto
how will you put it to him? ¿cómo se lo vas a decir comunicar?;or put it to him gently díselo suavemente; I put it to you that ... les sugiero que ...; to put a question to sb hacer una pregunta a algn; the chairman put the proposal to the committee el presidente sometió la propuesta a votación en el comité; we shall have to put it to our members tendremos que someterlo a la votación de nuestros miembros
9 (estimate)
they put the loss at around £50,000at calcularon valoraron las pérdidas en unas 50.000 libras;or
his fortune is put at 3 billion se calcula valora su fortuna en 3 billones;or the number of dead was put at 6,000 se calculó estimó el número de muertos en 6.000;or
what would you put it at?
I would put him at 40 diría que tiene unos 40 años
the population is put [at] 2500
some put the figure as high as 20,000high algunos estiman que la cifra llega hasta 20.000
10 (rank)
he put himself above the lawabove creía estar por encima de la ley
I would put Joyce above Lawrence
I wouldn't put him among the greatest poetsamong yo no le pondría entre los más grandes poetas
we should never put money before happinessbefore no deberíamos nunca anteponer el dinero a la felicidad
I put the needs of my children before anything else para mí las necesidades de mis hijos van por delante de todo lo demás son más importantes que todo lo demás;or
she has always put her career firstfirst para ella su carrera siempre ha sido lo primero
11 (set)
she put my brother against meagainst puso a mi hermano en contra mía
to put a watch to the right timeto poner un reloj en hora
to put the words to music poner música a la letra
12 (throw)
to put the shotshot (Dep) lanzar el peso
13 (St Ex) (offer to sell) [+stock, security] declararse vendedor de;
14 (bet)
verb:intransitive
(Náut)
to put into portinto entrar a puerto
the ship put into Southampton el barco entró a en Southampton;or
to put to seato hacerse a la mar
modifier
put option (n) (St Ex) opción de venta a precio fijado; (f)

Verb Conjugation for "put"

Imperative
  • put
  • you put
  • he/she puts
  • we put
  • you put
  • they put
Preterite
  • I put
  • you put
  • he/she put
  • we put
  • you put
  • they put
Present Continuous
  • I am putting
  • you are putting
  • he/she is putting
  • we are putting
  • you are putting
  • they are putting
Present Perfect
  • I have put
  • you have put
  • he/she has put
  • we have put
  • you have put
  • they have put
Past Continuous
  • I was putting
  • you were putting
  • he/she was putting
  • we were putting
  • you were putting
  • they were putting
Past Perfect
  • I had put
  • you had put
  • he/she had put
  • we had put
  • you had put
  • they had put
Future
  • I will put
  • you will put
  • he/she will put
  • we will put
  • you will put
  • they will put
Future Perfect
  • I will have put
  • you will have put
  • he/she will have put
  • we will have put
  • you will have put
  • they will have put
Future Continuous
  • I will be putting
  • you will be putting
  • he/she will be putting
  • we will be putting
  • you will be putting
  • they will be putting
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been putting
  • you have been putting
  • he/she has been putting
  • we have been putting
  • you have been putting
  • they have been putting
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been putting
  • you will have been putting
  • he/she will have been putting
  • we will have been putting
  • you will have been putting
  • they will have been putting
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been putting
  • you had been putting
  • he/she had been putting
  • we had been putting
  • you had been putting
  • they had been putting

put [pʊt]
sustantivo:masculino
puts (plural) [pʊt] (Golf) putt

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