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Asturian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collocāre, present active infinitive of collocō (“place, put, assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.
Verb
colocar (first-person singular indicative present coloco, past participle colocáu)
- to put, place
- to tidy, tidy up
Conjugation
Conjugation of colocar
infinitive
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colocar
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gerund
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colocando
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past participle
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m colocáu, f colocada, n colocao, m pl colocaos, f pl colocaes
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person
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first singular yo
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second singular tu
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third singular él/elli
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first plural nosotros/nós
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second plural vosotros/vós
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third plural ellos
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indicative
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present
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coloco
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coloques
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coloca
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colocamos
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colocáis
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coloquen
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imperfect
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colocaba
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colocabes
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colocaba
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colocábemos, colocábamos
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colocabeis, colocabais
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colocaben
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preterite
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coloqué
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colocasti, coloquesti
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colocó
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coloquemos
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colocastis, coloquestis
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colocaron
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pluperfect
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colocare, colocara
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colocares, colocaras
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colocare, colocara
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colocáremos, colocáramos
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colocareis, colocarais
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colocaren, colocaran
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future
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colocaré
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colocarás
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colocará
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colocaremos
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colocaréis
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colocarán
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conditional
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colocaría
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colocaríes
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colocaría
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colocaríemos, colocaríamos
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colocaríeis, colocaríais
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colocaríen
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subjunctive
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present
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coloque
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coloques, colocas
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coloque
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coloquemos
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coloquéis
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coloquen, colocan
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imperfect
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colocare, colocara
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colocares, colocaras
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colocare, colocara
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colocáremos, colocáramos
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colocareis, colocarais
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colocaren, colocaran
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imperative
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—
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coloca
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—
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—
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colocái
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—
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Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collocāre, present active infinitive of collocō (“place, put, assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.
Verb
colocar (first-person singular present coloco, first-person singular preterite coloquei, past participle colocado)
- to put; place
- to hire
- Synonyms: empregar, contratar
Conjugation
Conjugation of colocar (c-qu alternation)
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Singular
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Plural
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First-person (eu)
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Second-person (ti / tu)
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Third-person (ele / ela / você)
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First-person (nós)
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Second-person (vós)
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Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
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Infinitive
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Impersonal
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colocar
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Personal
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colocar
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colocares
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colocar
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colocarmos
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colocardes
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colocarem
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Gerund
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colocando
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Past participle
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Masculine
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colocado
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colocados
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Feminine
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colocada
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colocadas
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Indicative
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Present
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coloco
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colocas
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coloca
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colocamos
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colocades, colocais
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colocam
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Imperfect
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colocava
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colocavas
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colocava
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colocávamos
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colocávades, colocáveis, colocávais1
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colocavam
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Preterite
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coloquei
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colocaste, colocache1
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colocou
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colocamos
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colocastes
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colocárom, colocaram
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Pluperfect
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colocara
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colocaras
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colocara
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colocáramos
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colocárades, colocáreis, colocárais1
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colocaram
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Future
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colocarei
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colocarás
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colocará
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colocaremos
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colocaredes, colocareis
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colocarám, colocarão
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Conditional
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colocaria
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colocarias
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colocaria
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colocaríamos
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colocaríades, colocaríeis, colocaríais1
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colocariam
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Subjunctive
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Present
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coloque
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coloques
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coloque
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coloquemos
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coloquedes, coloqueis
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coloquem
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Imperfect
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colocasse
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colocasses
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colocasse
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colocássemos
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colocássedes, colocásseis
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colocassem
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Future
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colocar
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colocares
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colocar
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colocarmos
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colocardes
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colocarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative
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coloca
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coloque
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coloquemos
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colocade, colocai
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coloquem
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Negative (nom)
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nom coloques
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nom coloque
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nom coloquemos
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nom coloquedes, nom coloqueis
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nom coloquem
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Further reading
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin collocāre (“to place, to put, to assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /kɔ.lɔˈka(h)/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.luˈka(ɹ)/
- Hyphenation: co‧lo‧car
Verb
colocar (first-person singular present coloco, first-person singular preterite coloquei, past participle colocado)
- (transitive) to place; to put
- Synonyms: pôr, (informal) botar
- Antonyms: tirar, retirar
- Coloca as chaves em cima da mesa, faz favor. ― Put the keys on the table, please.
- (transitive) to put
- Synonyms: pôr, deixar
- Não reclame, pois foi você mesmo que se colocou nessa situação. ― Don’t complain, you put yourself in this situation.
- (transitive) to hire; to employ
- Synonyms: (more common) empregar, contratar
- (transitive) to invest (to commit capital in the hope of financial return)
- Synonyms: (more common) investir, aplicar
- (usually takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em or entre (with a plural object)) to place (to earn a given spot in a competition’s result)
- Synonym: ganhar
- Ele se colocou em último lugar na maratona. ― He got last place in the marathon.
- É praticamente impossível se colocar entre os três primeiros. ― It’s nearly impossible to place in the top three positions.
- (transitive) to put forth
- A entrevistadora colocou uma pergunta interessante. ― The interviewer put forth an interesting question.
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:colocar.
Derived terms
References
- LUFT, Celso Pedro. Microdicionário de língua portuguesa Luft. São Paulo, Brazil: Ática, 2000. →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin collocāre (“place, put, assemble”). Compare the inherited doublet colgar. Cognate with English collocate and couch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koloˈkaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: co‧lo‧car
Verb
colocar (first-person singular present coloco, first-person singular preterite coloqué, past participle colocado)
- to place
- to put
- Synonym: poner
- to get in
No pude colocar palabras.- I couldn't get a word in.
- (reflexive, slang) to take drugs
- (transitive, slang) to intoxicate (stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of colocar (c-qu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive colocar
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dative
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colocarme
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colocarte
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colocarle, colocarse
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colocarnos
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colocaros
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colocarles, colocarse
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accusative
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colocarme
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colocarte
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colocarlo, colocarla, colocarse
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colocarnos
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colocaros
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colocarlos, colocarlas, colocarse
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with gerund colocando
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dative
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colocándome
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colocándote
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colocándole, colocándose
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colocándonos
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colocándoos
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colocándoles, colocándose
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accusative
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colocándome
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colocándote
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colocándolo, colocándola, colocándose
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colocándonos
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colocándoos
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colocándolos, colocándolas, colocándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative coloca
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dative
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colócame
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colócate
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colócale
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colócanos
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not used
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colócales
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accusative
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colócame
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colócate
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colócalo, colócala
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colócanos
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not used
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colócalos, colócalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative colocá
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dative
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colocame
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colocate
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colocale
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colocanos
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not used
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colocales
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accusative
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colocame
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colocate
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colocalo, colocala
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colocanos
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not used
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colocalos, colocalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative coloque
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dative
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colóqueme
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not used
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colóquele, colóquese
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colóquenos
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not used
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colóqueles
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accusative
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colóqueme
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not used
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colóquelo, colóquela, colóquese
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colóquenos
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not used
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colóquelos, colóquelas
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with first-person plural imperative coloquemos
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dative
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not used
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coloquémoste
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coloquémosle
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coloquémonos
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coloquémoos
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coloquémosles
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accusative
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not used
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coloquémoste
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coloquémoslo, coloquémosla
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coloquémonos
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coloquémoos
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coloquémoslos, coloquémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative colocad
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dative
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colocadme
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not used
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colocadle
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colocadnos
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colocaos
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colocadles
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accusative
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colocadme
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not used
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colocadlo, colocadla
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colocadnos
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colocaos
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colocadlos, colocadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative coloquen
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dative
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colóquenme
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not used
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colóquenle
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colóquennos
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not used
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colóquenles, colóquense
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accusative
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colóquenme
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not used
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colóquenlo, colóquenla
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colóquennos
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not used
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colóquenlos, colóquenlas, colóquense
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Derived terms
Further reading