col·locar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collocare, present active infinitive of collocō (place, put, assemble). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /kol.loˈka/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /kul.luˈka/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /kol.loˈkaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

col·locar (first-person singular present col·loco, past participle col·locat)

  1. To put, place (a physical object)
  2. To put, place, post (into e.g. employment)
  3. (colloquial) to get high (cause to be under the influence of a drug)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • col·locació

Further reading

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