poner

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to put, to put up, to place, to lay
  • (transitive) to set, to set up e.g. set an alarm, set up chairs
  • (transitive) to put on e.g. put on a smile, a happy face, a brave face, put on a pot of coffee, put something on display
  • (transitive) to choose, to designate (for a job, charge or responsibility)
  • (transitive) to make e.g. make somebody nervous, jealous, sad, emotional, uncomfortable
  • (transitive) to make, to give in certain phrases, e.g. to make available, give an injection, to give effect
  • (transitive) to name, to give a nickname
  • (transitive) to bring e.g. to bring online, to bring order to, to bring up to speed or date, to bring to light
  • (transitive) to lay e.g. to lay eggs, lay the foundation or groundwork
  • (transitive) to turn, to turn on e.g. to turn the other cheek, turn on music, to turn upside-down
  • (transitive) to get in certain phrases
  • (transitive) to call in certain phrases, e.g. to call into question, call into doubt, call somebody's bluff
  • (transitive) to pay attention
  • (transitive) to draw e.g. to draw a line or set up a boundary
  • (transitive) to plant, to set up e.g. plant one's feet, plant a bomb, set up explosives, plant a bug, set up a camera, plant a weapon
  • (Mexico) to contribute; to bring
  • (electronics) to play
  • (Spain) to turn on, make horny
  • (reflexive) to put on, to don, to change into (clothing, shoes, accoutrements)
  • (reflexive) to get
  • (reflexive) (of a heavenly body) to set i.e., to sink beneath the horizon
  • (reflexive) to become, to get "become" is used in reference to entering into a physical or emotional state e.g. become anxious, fashionable, naughty, nervous, offensive, pale, sad, serious, stern, tense, ugly, violent, weird, etc.
  • (reflexive) to start doing something, to begin, to get down to + a + infinitive
  • (reflexive) to put oneself

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pōnere (put) inherited from Proto-Italic *pozinō.

Origin

Proto-Italic

*pozinō

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