puesto

Meaning

1. (masculine) market stall, market stand
2. (masculine) professional position, employment, job

Frequency

Hyphenated as

pues‧to

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpwesto/

Etymology

Past participle of poner (“to put”); from Latin postus, from positus. Compare English post.

New

poner

(transitive) to put, to put up, to place, to lay
(transitive) to set, to set up (e.g. set an alarm, set up chairs)
(transitive) to put on (e.g. put on a smile, a happy face, a brave face; put on a pot of coffee, put something on display)
(transitive) to choose, to designate (for a job, charge or responsibility)
(transitive) to make (e.g. make somebody nervous, jealous, sad, emotional, uncomfortable)
(transitive) to make, to give (in certain phrases; e.g. to make available, give an injection, to give effect)
(transitive) to say, to read (statement: indicate in written form)
(transitive) to name, to give a nickname
(transitive) to bring (e.g. to bring online, to bring order to, to bring up to speed or date, to bring to light)
(transitive) to lay (e.g. to lay eggs, lay the foundation or groundwork)
(transitive) to turn, to turn on (e.g. to turn the other cheek, turn on music, to turn upside-down)
(transitive) to get (in certain phrases)
(transitive) to call (in certain phrases; e.g. to call into question, call into doubt, call somebody's bluff)
(transitive) to pay (attention)
(transitive) to draw (e.g. to draw a line or set up a boundary)
(transitive) to plant, to set up (e.g. plant one's feet, plant a bomb, set up explosives, plant a bug, set up a camera, plant a weapon)
(Mexico,slang,transitive) to contribute; to bring
to play
(Spain,colloquial,transitive) to turn on, make horny
(reflexive) to put on, to don, to change into (clothing, shoes, accoutrements)
(reflexive) to get
(reflexive) (of a heavenly body) to set (i.e., to sink beneath the horizon)
(reflexive) to become, to get ("become" is used in reference to entering into a physical or emotional state) (e.g. become anxious, fashionable, naughty, nervous, offensive, pale, sad, serious, stern, tense, ugly, violent, weird, etc.)
(reflexive) to start doing something, to begin, to get down to (+ a + infinitive)
(reflexive) to put oneself

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Sentences

Inmediatamente fue puesto bajo cuarentena en un
🅰️

hospital
🏥

, aunque luego fue liberado por error .

He was immediately quarantined in a hospital, although he was later released by mistake.

Este oficial fue puesto en arresto domiciliario .

This officer was placed under house arrest.

En los "Billboard" de Canadá

y

de música
🎶

rock
🪨

consiguieron el cuarto
4th

puesto .

In the "Billboard" of Canada and rock music they got the fourth place.

El área metropolitana de Turín ocupa el cuarto
4th

puesto .

The Turin metropolitan area lies in fourth place.

El equipo cuajó una notable campaña , con un
🅰️

octavo
8th

puesto al terminar la liga .

The team had a remarkable campaign, with an eighth place at the end of the league.

Finalizó ambas temporadas en el quinto
5th

y

cuarto
4th

puesto , respectivamente .

He finished both seasons in fifth and fourth place, respectively.

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