poner
Spanish, verb/poˈneɾ/
poner is a Spanish verb meaning “to put, to place (cause to assume a specified position)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dejar un objeto dentro de otro”.
What does poner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put, to place (cause to assume a specified position)
Pon el lápiz en la mesa.
- 2
to write
Pon tu nombre en el papel.
- 3
to type (with a keyboard, etc.), (with a dative object) to send
En un tweet, Fulanito puso que le gusta pasear.
- 4
to attach, to assign (also in an abstract sense)
Ponerle una banda sonora a las películas añade emoción.
- 5
to give, to provide
Para beber qué te pongo?
- 6
(transitive) to put (cause to assume a specified state), (reflexive) to become, to get, to put oneself in a specified state
La ciudad de Providence ya puso en efecto la prohibición temporal de estacionamiento durante la tormenta hasta nuevo aviso.
- 7
to pay (attention)
¡Pon atención a la clase!
- 8
to prepare
poner la mesa
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dejar un objeto dentro de otro. 2. Situar algo en un lugar. 3. Dicho de las hembras de aves, reptiles y otros animales, expulsar huevos de su interior. 4. Enviar un mensaje a través de ciertos medios.
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 poner
- pongo first-person present singular
- puse first-person preterite singular
- puesto participle past
- poniendo gerund
- puesta feminine participle past
- puestos masculine participle past
- puestas feminine participle past
- pones indicative informal present
- ponés indicative informal present
- pone indicative present singular
- ponemos first-person indicative plural
- ponéis indicative plural present
- ponen indicative plural present
- ponía first-person imperfect indicative
- ponías imperfect indicative second-person
- poníamos first-person imperfect indicative
- poníais imperfect indicative plural
- ponían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce poner?
- /poˈneɾ/
- [poˈneɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to poner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is poner in Spanish?
poner appears 174 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).