poner

Pronunciation: /poˈneɾ/

“poner” is a Spanish word. Its 17 meanings in English:

verb

to put, to place (cause to assume a specified position)
to write
to type (with a keyboard, etc.), (with a dative object) to send
to attach, to assign (also in an abstract sense)
to give, to provide
(transitive) to put (cause to assume a specified state), (reflexive) to become, to get, to put oneself in a specified state
to pay (attention)
to prepare
to turn on, activate (an appliance, light, a mechanism, a functionality etc.).
to play, put on (a recording, a song, a video etc.), put, display (an image)
to lay (eggs)
(of something on which something is written) to say, to read (indicate in written form)
to name, to give a nickname
to put on, to don, to change into (clothing, shoes, accoutrements)
(of a heavenly body) to set (i.e., to sink beneath the horizon)
to start doing something, to begin, to get down to
to turn on, make horny

In Spanish

Dejar un objeto dentro de otro.
Situar algo en un lugar.
Dicho de las hembras de aves, reptiles y otros animales, expulsar huevos de su interior.
Enviar un mensaje a través de ciertos medios.
Preparar o disponer ciertas cosas para un fin.
Hacer una suposición o conjetura.
Escribir algo.
Apostar.
Dedicar a alguien un empleo u oficio.
En el juego, parar.
Aplicar, adaptar.
Tratándose de nombres, motes, etc., aplicarlos a personas o cosas.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pōnere (whence English post and position), from Proto-Italic *pozinō. Compare Portuguese pôr and Romanian pune.

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