colocar

Significado

1. (transitive) to place; to put
2. (transitive) to put
3. (transitive) to hire; to employ
4. (transitive) to invest (to commit capital in the hope of financial return)
5. (pronominal,usually) to place (to earn a given spot in a competition’s result)
6. (transitive) to put forth

Guionizado como

co‧lo‧car

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ko.loˈka(ʁ)/

Etimoloxía

Learned borrowing from Latin collocāre (“to place, to put, to assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.

Oracións

A questão chave não é colocar a tecnologia sem saber por quê .

The key issue is not to put the technology without knowing why.

Vamos colocar dois exemplos .

Let's put two examples.

Eu vou colocar guerra e diplomacia nesse nome .

I will put war and diplomacy in that name.