Meaning
to place, to position
- to place, sit, put, position, lay, arrange, seat
- to place (find a job/market for)
- to invest
In a sentence
Dove vuoi collocare questa pianta in casa?
Where do you want to place this plant at home?
L'agenzia ha collocato mio fratello in ufficio.
The agency placed my brother in an office job.
Non so dove collocare i soldi adesso.
I don't know where to invest the money now.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| collocare | infinitive |
| collochiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| colloco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| collocate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| collochi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| collocano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| colloca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| collocavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| collocavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| collocavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| collocavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| collocavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| collocava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| collocammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| collocai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| collocaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| collocasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| collocarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| collocò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| collocheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| collocherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| collocherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| collocherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| collocheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| collocherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| collochiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| collochi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| collochiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| collochi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| collochino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| collochi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| collocassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| collocassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| collocaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| collocassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| collocassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| collocasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| collocheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| collocherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| collochereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| collocheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| collocherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| collocherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| collochiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| collocate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| colloca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| collocando | gerund |
| collocato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal than mettere or porre; common in writing, business, law, and technical contexts.
- Often used reflexively: collocarsi in/tra/fra to mean “to fit” or “to belong within a category or period.”
- For job placement, collocare qualcuno means placing someone in work; not the usual verb for “to hire” directly.