poner
Meanings
Verb
1. to put, to place (cause to assume a specified position) (transitive or ditransitive, transitive)
2. to write (transitive)
3. to type (with a keyboard, etc.), (with a dative object) to send (transitive)
4. to attach, to assign (also in an abstract sense) (transitive or ditransitive, transitive)
5. to give, to provide (transitive or ditransitive, transitive)
6. (transitive) to put (cause to assume a specified state), (reflexive) to become, to get, to put oneself in a specified state (with adjectives that use estar or verbs)
7. to pay (attention) (ditransitive)
8. to prepare (transitive)
9. to turn on, activate (an appliance, light, a mechanism, a functionality etc.). (transitive or reflexive, transitive)
10. to play, put on (a recording, a song, a video etc.), put, display (an image) (transitive)
11. to lay (eggs) (transitive)
12. (of something on which something is written) to say, to read (indicate in written form) (transitive, optionally impersonal)
13. to name, to give a nickname (ditransitive)
14. to put on, to don, to change into (clothing, shoes, accoutrements) (transitive or reflexive, transitive)
15. (of a heavenly body) to set (i.e., to sink beneath the horizon) (reflexive)
16. to start doing something, to begin, to get down to (reflexive)
17. to turn on, make horny (Spain, colloquial, transitive)
Examples2198
Le voy a poner Rodrigo.
I will name him Rodrigo.
Puse al niño a trabajar.
I put the boy to work.
Permítanme ponerles un ejemplo.
Let me give you an example.
Pon estos números de menor a mayor.
Put these numbers in order from least to greatest.
Pon tu nombre en el papel.
Put your name on the paper.
¿A qué hora se pone el sol?
What time does the sun set?