to put, to put up, to place, to lay; to set, to set up (e.g. set an alarm, set up chairs); 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); to choose, to designate (for a job, charge or responsibility); to make (e.g. make somebody nervous, jealous, sad, emotional, uncomfortable)
“Pon eso en su lugar.” — Put that in its place.
Synonyms: colocar, decir, nombrar, bautizar, apodar, prestar, contribuir con, cooperar con
Antonyms: quitar, deponer, retirar, negar, salir
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin pono Spanish poner Inherited from Latin pōnere (whence English post and position), from Proto-Italic *pozinō. Compare Portuguese pôr and Romanian pune.