col·locar

Meaning

1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to put, place (a physical object)
2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to put, place, post (into e.g. employment)
3. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to set
4. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, colloquial, transitive) to get high (cause to be under the influence of a drug)
5. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, reflexive, transitive) to position oneself; (colloquial) to get high

Concepts

place

arrange

position

put

set up

move

order

dispose

send

post

station

🚉

employ

engage

hire

Synonyms

situar

organitzar

posar

contractar

disposar

ocupar

ordenar

agençar

apostar

posicionar

arranjar

arreglar

Translations

colocar

placer

collocare

وَضَعَ

situar

mettre

colocar

poner

poser

mettere

organiser

رتّب

وضع

نظّم

τοποθετώ

Pronounced as (IPA)

[kul.luˈka]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: collocō

In summary

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