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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collocāre (“place, put, assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.
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Verb
col·locar (first-person singular present col·loco, first-person singular preterite col·loquí, past participle col·locat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/(transitive)
- to put, place (a physical object)
- to put, place, post (into e.g. employment)
- (volleyball) to set
- (colloquial) to get high (cause to be under the influence of a drug)
- (reflexive) to position oneself; (colloquial) to get high
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