collocare

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collocāre. Compare the inherited doublet coricare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kol.loˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: col‧lo‧cà‧re

Verb

collocàre (first-person singular present còlloco, first-person singular past historic collocài, past participle collocàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to place, sit, put, position, lay, arrange, seat
    Synonyms: mettere, disporre, porre, sistemare, piazzare, vendere
  2. to place (find a job/market for)
  3. (finance) to invest
    Synonym: investire

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Further reading

  • collocare in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • collocare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Verb

collocāre

  1. inflection of collocō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative