proponer

/pɾopoˈneɾ/ · B1 · verb

to propose, to propound, to put forth, to put forward, to bring forward, to suggest

pro + poner = put forward: to propose is to put an idea forward

From Latin proponere: pro (forward) + ponere (to put). Spanish poner still means to put, so proponer is literally to put forward. It conjugates like poner: propongo, propuse, propuesto.

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