Spanish Verb COLOCAR - to place. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb COLOCAR: to place

The Spanish verb colocar means 'to place' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

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to place: colocar
Imagine you need to place the funny COLOUR CAR elsewhere so it doesn't hit your CLOCK, AH!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE COLOCAR - to place
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb colocar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente place	coloco	colocas	coloca	colocamos	colocáis	colocan
Imperfect Imperfecto placed	colocaba	colocabas	colocaba	colocábamos	colocabais	colocaban
Preterit Pretérito placed	coloqué	colocaste	colocó	colocamos	colocasteis	colocaron
Future Futuro will place	colocaré	colocarás	colocará	colocaremos	colocaréis	colocarán
Conditional Condicional would place	colocaría	colocarías	colocaría	colocaríamos	colocaríais	colocarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may place	coloque	coloques	coloque	coloquemos	coloquéis	coloquen
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might place	colocara	colocaras	colocara	colocáramos	colocarais	colocaran
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might place	colocase	colocases	colocase	colocásemos	colocaseis	colocasen
Imperatives Spanish Verb colocar - to place
Imperative Imperativo place!		¡coloca!	¡coloque!	¡coloquemos!	¡colocad!	¡coloquen!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't place!		¡no coloques!	¡no coloque!	¡no coloquemos!	¡no coloquéis!	¡no coloquen!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb COLOCAR Past Participle: colocado - placed
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have placed	he colocado	has colocado	ha colocado	hemos colocado	habéis colocado	han colocado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had placed	hube colocado	hubiste colocado	hubo colocado	hubimos colocado	hubisteis colocado	hubieron colocado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had placed	había colocado	habías colocado	había colocado	habíamos colocado	habíais colocado	habían colocado
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have placed	haya colocado	hayas colocado	haya colocado	hayamos colocado	hayáis colocado	hayan colocado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have placed	habré colocado	habrás colocado	habrá colocado	habremos colocado	habréis colocado	habrán colocado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have placed	habría colocado	habrías colocado	habría colocado	habríamos colocado	habríais colocado	habrían colocado
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have placed	hubiera colocado	hubieras colocado	hubiera colocado	hubiéramos colocado	hubierais colocado	hubieran colocado
	hubiese colocado	hubieses colocado	hubiese colocado	hubiésemos colocado	hubieseis colocado	hubiesen colocado
Progressive Tenses COLOCAR Present Participle: colocando - placing
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am placing	estoy colocando	estás colocando	está colocando	estamos colocando	está colocando	están colocando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was placing	estuve colocando	estuviste colocando	estuvo colocando	estuvimos colocando	estuvisteis colocando	estuvieron colocando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been placing	estaba colocando	estabas colocando	estaba colocando	estábamos colocando	estabais colocando	estaban colocando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be placing	estaré colocando	estarás colocando	estará colocando	estaremos colocando	estaréis colocando	estarán colocando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría colocando	estarías colocando	estabría colocando	estaríamos colocando	estaríais colocando	estarían colocando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been placing	que ~ colocando	que ~ colocando	que ~ colocando	que ~ colocando	que ~ colocando	que ~ colocando

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USING the SPANISH VERB COLOCAR

colocar can mean: to put, to lay, to set.
colocarse: to get a job, to get stoned, to put on.

la colocación (nf): job, positioning, laying.
colocante: shocking, unpleasant.
colocado, a: stoned.

estoy muy bien colocada: I have a very good job.
buscar colocación: to look for a job.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular AR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos colocés
Imperativo: ¡colocé!

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