were placing

Past progressiveconjugation ofplace.There are other translations for this conjugation.

place

el lugar

poner

place(

pleys

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).

noun

1. (physical location)

a. el lugar

(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).

(M)

We visit the same place every summer.Visitamos el mismo lugar todos los veranos.

b. el sitio

(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).

(M)

This is a good place to stop and camp for the night.Este es un buen sitio para parar y acampar durante la noche.

2. (house)

a. la casa

(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).

(F)

Why don't we all go to my place for dinner?¿Por qué no vamos todos a mi casa a cenar?

3. (seat)

a. el asiento

(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).

(M)

Please take your places; the show is about to start.Favor de tomar sus asientos. Dentro de poco empezará la presentación.

b. la plaza

(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).

(F)

Sorry, there aren't any places left.Lo siento, no quedan plazas libres.

4. (position)

a. el lugar

(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).

(M)

Try to put yourself in my place.Intente ponerse en mi lugar.

b. el puesto

(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).

(M)

(job)

I'd love to find a place in that company.Me encantaría encontrar un puesto en esa empresa.

c. la posición

(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).

(F)

(rank)

He took first place at the tournament.Quedó en primera posición en el torneo.

This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.

no direct 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.).

transitive verb

5. (to put)

a. poner

Help me place this in that box.Ayúdeme a poner esto en esa caja.

b. colocar

We reached an agreement with the store to have our products placed near the front.Llegamos a un acuerdo con la tienda para colocar nuestros productos en la entrada.

6. (to estimate)

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.

8. (to recognize)

a. ubicar

I couldn't place him when he first greeted me.No lo pude ubicar cuando me saludó.

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.

11. (to establish a connection for)

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.).

intransitive verb

12. (to finish)

a. terminar

I placed fifth in my first race.En mi primera carrera terminé quinto.

b. salir

It wasn't my best performance. I placed ninth.No fue mi mejor actuación. Salí noveno.

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.

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Participles

Present:	placing
Past:	placed

Indicative of "place"

	Present	Past	Future
I	place	placed	will place
you	place	placed	will place
he/she	places	placed	will place
we	place	placed	will place
you	place	placed	will place
they	place	placed	will place