Meanings (ES + gloss)
plaza
An area; somewhere within an area.
Ay, sir, the other squirrel was stolen from me by the hangman's boys in the market-place
asiento
An area; somewhere within an area.
We asked the restaurant to give us a table with three places.
casa • en lo de
An area; somewhere within an area.
Do you want to come over to my place later?
My Lady Dedlock has been down at what she calls, in familiar conversation, her "place" in Lincolnshire.
locus • logar (disused) • lugar • sitio
A location or position in space.
In that same place thou hast appointed me, To-morrow truly will I meete with thee.
What place can be for us / Within heaven's bound?
lugar • posición • puesto
A responsibility or position in an organization.
We thought we would win but only ended up in fourth place.
lugar • puesto
A responsibility or position in an organization.
He lost his place in the national team.
lugar • posición
Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
three decimal places; the hundreds place
Phrases
Delivered At PlaceElmwood PlaceLaunching PlaceNo Placeabiding-placeage in placeall dressed up and no place to goall dressed up with no place to goall over the placeall over the place like a mad woman's custardanother placeanyplaceas if someone owns the placebetter placebetween a rock and a hard placebirthplaceburial placeburial-placeburyingplacebusinessplaceby-placecensus-designated placechange placechange placescome from a good placecome from the right placecommon-placecyberplacedefector-in-placedegree placedon't spend it all in one placedue placedwelling-placeemplaceeveryplacefall about the placefall into placefarmplacefind one's placefireplace
Meanings (ES + gloss)
colocar • emplazar • poner • situar
To put (someone or something) in a specific location.
He placed the glass on the table.
to place someone on a pedestal
situar
To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.
entonar
To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
colocar • contratar
To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
Designated as the core of the southern forces were: the 5th Division, which was recalled from northern French Indochina to Shanghai, placed under the direct control of Imperial Hea…
They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.
Phrases