poner

/poˈneɾ/ · A1 · verb

to put, to place

📦 poner = Latin ponere, to place: the root of position, deposit, postpone

English words built on -pose and -pone come from the same Latin verb: compose (put together), postpone (put after), deposit (put down). Poner is the bare root, so whenever you put something somewhere, you poner it.

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