col·locar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collocāre (place, put, assemble). Compare the inherited doublet colgar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [kul.luˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [kol.loˈka]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [kol.loˈkaɾ]
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  • Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

col·locar (first-person singular present col·loco, first-person singular preterite col·loquí, past participle col·locat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/(transitive)

  1. to put, place (a physical object)
  2. to put, place, post (into e.g. employment)
  3. (volleyball) to set
  4. (colloquial) to get high (cause to be under the influence of a drug)
  5. (reflexive) to position oneself; (colloquial) to get high

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