colocar
Spanish, verb/koloˈkaɾ/
colocar is spelled C-O-L-O-C-A-R (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,469th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Colocar is a Spanish verb meaning “to place” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner, situar algo o alguien en sitio, postura o disposición determinados”.
What does colocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to place
- 2
to put
- 3
to get in
No pude colocar palabras.
- 4
slangto take drugs
- 5
slangto intoxicate (stupefy by doping with chemical substances such as alcohol)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner, situar algo o alguien en sitio, postura o disposición determinados. 2. Provocar efectos alucinógenos o en general los efectos que causan las drogas. 3. Invertir dinero en la adquisición de un bien o hacer un depósito bancario para la obtención de intereses. 4. Emplear o ubicar en un trabajo o función a alguien.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of colocar
- coloco first-person present singular
- coloqué first-person preterite singular
- colocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- colocando gerund
- colocada feminine participle past
- colocados masculine participle past
- colocadas feminine participle past
- colocas indicative informal present
- colocás indicative informal present
- coloca indicative present singular
- colocamos first-person indicative plural
- colocáis indicative plural present
- colocan indicative plural present
- colocaba first-person imperfect indicative
- colocabas imperfect indicative second-person
- colocábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- colocabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce colocar?
- /koloˈkaɾ/
- [ko.loˈkaɾ]
- [koloˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to colocar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is colocar in Spanish?
colocar appears 14 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).