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place noun

  /pleɪs/ , [pl̥eɪs]
  • A location or position in space.
 lugar, sitio
  • The position of a contestant in a competition.
 lugar, posición, puesto
  • The position as a member of a sports team.
 lugar, puesto
  • Numerically, the column counting a certain quantity.
 lugar, posición
  • An open space, particularly a city square, market square, or courtyard.
 plaza, lugar
  • The area one occupies, particularly somewhere to sit.
 asiento, lugar
  • (often, in street names or addresses) A street, sometimes but not always surrounding a public place, square, or plaza of the same name.
  • (obsolete) A passage or extract from a book or document.
 casa
  • Any area of the earth: a region.
  • An area of the body, especially the skin.
 lugar

place verb

  /pleɪs/ , [pl̥eɪs]
  • (ergative) To earn a given spot in a competition; to rank at a certain position ((often followed by an ordinal)).
 colocar, poner, clasificarse, colocarse, situar
  • (transitive) To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job, or a home for an animal for adoption, etc.
 colocar, apostar, contratar
  • (transitive) To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.
 situar
  • (transitive) To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.
 entonar
between a rock and a hard place
entre la espada y la pared
place mat
carpeta, individual, mantel individual, salvamanteles
place setting
cubierto
in place of
en lugar de
all over the place
a diestra y siniestra, a diestro y siniestro, por doquier, por doquiera, desconcentrado, desenfocado, desperdigado, perdido
take place
tener lugar, ocurrir, acontecer, acaecer
in the first place
en primer lugar, de entrada, para empezar, primero
hiding place
escondite, zulo
there's no place like home
como en casa, en ningún sitio, mi casa y mi hogar cien doblas val
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