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"Place" is a noun which is often translated as "el lugar", and "locate" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "ubicar". Learn more about the difference between "place" and "locate" below.
place(
pleys
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
2. (house)
3. (seat)
a. el asiento (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Please take your places; the show is about to start.Favor de tomar sus asientos. Dentro de poco empezará la presentación.
4. (position)
c. la posición (F) (rank)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
He took first place at the tournament.Quedó en primera posición en el torneo.
d. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
It's not my place to judge you for your actions.No me corresponde a mí juzgar tus acciones.
It's not my place to make that decision.No es mi deber tomar esa decisión.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
5. (to put)
a. estimar
The medical examiner placed the time of death at ten.El forense estimó la hora de muerte a las diez.
7. (commerce)
a. hacer
Our clients placed a new order at the trade show.Nuestros clientes nos hicieron un pedido en la feria.
9. (to appoint)
a. poner
Even though I don't have much experience, they placed me as chair of the committee.Si bien no tengo mucha experiencia, me pusieron como jefe del comité.
10. (to assign)
a. poner
They placed him in an orphanage at the age of three.A los tres años lo pusieron en un orfanato.
a. hacer
I don't have enough minutes to place a call.No tengo crédito suficiente para hacer una llamada.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
12. (to finish)
c. quedar
We won the same number of games, but they scored more goals, so we placed second in the tournament.Ganamos la misma cantidad de partidos, pero ellos anotaron más goles, por lo que quedamos segundos en el torneo.
locate(
lo
-
keyt
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to find)
a. ubicar (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
I can't seem to locate the fault in the circuit.No puedo ubicar la falla en el circuito.
b. localizar
We used ground sonar to find the leak in the water supply.Utilizamos un sonar terrestre para localizar la fuga del suministro de agua.
c. encontrar
The police are trying to locate a missing boy.La policía está intentando encontrar a un niño perdido.
a. ubicar (Latin America)
Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain.
We decided to locate the pond near the entrance to the park.Decidimos ubicar el estanque cerca de la entrada al parque.
b. situar
The mall always locates the Christmas tree in the central rotunda.El centro comercial siempre sitúa el árbol de Navidad en la rotonda central.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. establecerse
The restaurant plans to locate in Auburn.El restaurante planea establecerse en Auburn.
