Meaning
to place, to position
- to put something in a specific location or posture
- to establish the market or social standing of a product or brand
In a sentence
Abbiamo posizionato i tavoli vicino alle finestre per avere luce.
We positioned the tables near the windows to get light.
Dove vuoi posizionare la nuova lampada da lettura?
Where do you want to place the new reading lamp?
L'azienda vuole posizionare questo prodotto nella fascia alta.
The company wants to position this product in the high-end range.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| posizionare | infinitive |
| posiziono | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| posizioni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| posiziona | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| posizioniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| posizionate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| posizionano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| posizionavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| posizionavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| posizionava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| posizionavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| posizionavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| posizionavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| posizionai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| posizionasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| posizionò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| posizionammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| posizionaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| posizionarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| posizionerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| posizionerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| posizionerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| posizioneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| posizionerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| posizioneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| posizioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| posizioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| posizioni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| posizioniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| posizioniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| posizionino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| posizionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| posizionassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| posizionasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| posizionassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| posizionaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| posizionassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| posizionerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| posizioneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| posizionerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| posizioneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| posizionereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| posizionerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| posiziona | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| posizioniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| posizionate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| posizionando | gerund |
| posizionato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- More formal and precise than 'mettere' or 'collocare'. Takes 'avere'.
- Reflexive 'posizionarsi' means 'to take up a position' or 'to stand'.