situar

Borrowed from Medieval Latin situāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

situar (first-person singular present situo, first-person singular preterite situí, past participle situat)

1. to situate, place, put
2. to locate
3. (reflexive) to be (in a place)

• situar-se

• situació

• “situar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin situs.

situar (first-person singular present situo, first-person singular preterite situei, past participle situado)

1. to situate, locate
   • 2008, Billy M. Hidalgo, Sombras do Infinito, Clube de Autores, page 532:

     Está nos dizendo que abaixo da cachoeira, isto é, no fim dos mundos, no abismo é onde se situa o mundo dos mortos?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• IPA^(key): /siˈtwaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: si‧tuar

situar (first-person singular present sitúo, first-person singular preterite situé, past participle situado)

1. to situate, to place, to put, to position

   Synonyms: localizar, ubicar

2. to invest money
3. to locate (often on a map, chart, diagram or drawing of some sort)
4. (architecture) to site
5. (reflexive) to be set (e.g. a novel or film)
6. (reflexive) to position oneself (physically in a location)
7. (reflexive) to be placed, to be located, to be situated
8. (reflexive) to reach (a certain level in quantity or percentage)

• “situar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10