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ubicar

to locate

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Conjugation

ubicar(

)

1. (to situate)

a. to locate

Los dueños decidieron ubicar el hotel cerca del aeropuerto.The owners decided to locate the hotel near the airport.

b. to put

Quiero ubicar la mesa junto a la ventana para tener una linda vista.I want to put the table next to the garden for a nice view.

c. to place

Los músicos ubicaron los altavoces muy cerca del escenario.The musicians placed the speakers very near the stage.

2. (to find)

a. to locate

El empleado de la tienda me ayudó a ubicar la sección de los productos lácteos.The store clerk helped me locate the dairy section.

b. to find

¿Ya ubicaste la casa de Martín?Did you find Martin's house yet?

c. to get hold of (person)

¿Ya pudiste ubicar a Juan Carlos?Were you able to get hold of Juan Carlos?

3. (to identify)

a. to place

¿Raúl? No lo ubico. - ¡Lo acabas de conocer!Raul? I can't place him. - You just met him!

ubicarse

4. (to situate)

a. to be located

El pozo se ubica a un kilómetro al oeste.The well is located one kilometer to the west.

b. to be situated

El palacio de justicia se ubica entre la catedral y el hotel.The court house is situated between the cathedral and the hotel.

c. to stand

Carla se ubicó frente al grupo para hablarles de su plan de acción.Carla stood in front of the group to tell them about his plan of action.

d. to sit

Nos ubicamos en las primeras filas para poder ver mejor.We sat near the front so we could have a better view.

5. (to orient oneself)

a. to find one's way around

Es fácil ubicarse en la ciudad de Salt Lake, debido a su sistema de numeración de calles.It's easy to find your way around in Salt Lake City, due to its street numbering system.

b. to get one's bearings

El explorador salió del túnel para ubicarse.The explorer came out of the tunnel to get his bearings.

6. (to get employment)

a. to get a job

Gracias a los seis meses que hizo de prácticas, el estudiante consiguió ubicarse en la compañía.Thanks to a six-month internship, the student managed to get a job in the company.

ubicar

1. (situar; edificio)

a. to locate

2. (colocar; mueble, persona) (Latin America)

a. to put, to place

3. (encontrar) (Latin America)

a. to find, to locate

¿cómo te ubico?where can I get hold of o contact you?

4. (identificar) (Latin America)

¿González?, no lo ubicoGonzález? I can't quite place him

5. (edificio)

a. to be situated, to be located

6. (persona) (Latin America)

a. to get one's bearings

ubicar

transitive verb

1 especialmente (Latinoamérica) (colocar) to place; locate; [+edificio] to site

2 (encontrar)

ubicar algo to find sth; locate sth; no supo ubicar Madrid en el mapa he was unable to find o locate Madrid on the map

(Latinoamérica)

ubicar a algn to find sb; locate sb; no hemos podido ubicar al jefe we have been unable to find o locate the boss; we have been unable to track down the boss

pronominal verb

ubicarse

1 (estar situado)

el museo se ubica en el centro de la ciudad the museum is located o situated in the city centre

2 (orientarse) to find one's way around

a pesar del mapa no consigo ubicarme even though I have a map I can't find my way around; este es el museo, ¿te ubicas ahora? this is the museum, have you got your bearings now?

3 (Latinoamérica) (colocarse) to get a job

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Verb Conjugations for ubicar

Present Participle: ubicando

Past Participle: ubicado

Indicative

Irregularities are in red

	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	ubico	ubiqué	ubicaba	ubicaría	ubicaré
tú	ubicas	ubicaste	ubicabas	ubicarías	ubicarás
él/ella/Ud.	ubica	ubicó	ubicaba	ubicaría	ubicará
nosotros	ubicamos	ubicamos	ubicábamos	ubicaríamos	ubicaremos
vosotros	ubicáis	ubicasteis	ubicabais	ubicaríais	ubicaréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	ubican	ubicaron	ubicaban	ubicarían	ubicarán

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