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él coloca

puts, places, gets a job, finds work

k o ˈl o k a → colocar
coloc to put, place + a tú command / 3rd-person present tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person singular Uncommon #22,941
puts, places In the examples, this is used as a command: “put” or “place.”
SP: Coloca el libro en la mesa.
EN: Put the book on the table.
gets a job, finds work Used with the reflexive pronoun se: colocarse.
SP: Con ayuda de su amiga, se coloca en una tienda.
EN: With her friend’s help, she gets a job in a shop.
Conjugation of colocar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First coloco colocamos
Third coloca —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First coloco colocamos
Third coloca —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second coloca —
Third coloque coloquen

Coloca tus cosas.

Put your things away.

— Adiós, muchachos (1987)

Coloca los pulmones.

Place the lungs.

— El espíritu de la colmena (1973)

Y coloca una pierna de este lado.

And place one leg on this side.

— Roma (2018)

Coloca el otro.

Place the other one.

— Moonrise Kingdom: Amor Infantil (2012)

Hasta que le coloca otro.

Until he puts another one on.

— Elefante (2003)

Si no hay trabajo, la gente no se coloca.

If there are no jobs, people won't find employment.

— Ladrón de bicicletas (1948)

El oxígeno te coloca.

Oxygen gets you high.

— El Club de la Pelea (1999)

Coloca todas las cajas en su sitio.

Put all the boxes in their place.

Coloca las palabras en orden alfabético.

Put the words in alphabetical order.

Coloca a los francotiradores.

Place the snipers.

Luego se coloca en la prensa.

It is then placed in the press.

Joshua Pearce se coloca a la cabeza.

Joshua Pearce takes the lead.

— F1 la película (2025)

Por favor, coloca este libro encima del todo.

Please place this book on top.

Coloca tu brazo donde estaba.

Put your arm back where it was.

— Titanic (1997)

Coloca los fósforos aquí.

Place the matches here.

— Кин-дза-дза! (1986)

Coloca el ktse y recibirás la gravitsapa.

Insert the ktse and you will receive the gravitsapa.

— Кин-дза-дза! (1986)

Sounds similar to

coloque k o ˈl o k e coloco k o ˈl o k o