colocar

Sentences

Meaning

Concepts

Ninguém está tentando colocar nada em você .

No one is trying to put anything on you.

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
2

exemplos .

Let's put two examples.

Eu vou colocar guerra e diplomacia nesse nome .

I will put war and diplomacy in that name.

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

Opposite of

tirar, retirar

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ko.loˈka(ʁ)/

Borrowed from Latin

collocō

In summary

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

Improve your pronunciation

make use of

put onto

turn to account

pass oneself off

put in place

place down

vingar-se

por em prática

servir-se de

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