Verb

pôr (first-person singular present ponho, first-person singular preterite pugem or pus, past participle posto, reintegrationist norm)Category:Galician lemmas#PÔRCategory:Galician verbs#PÔRCategory:Galician verbs ending in -er#PÔRCategory:Galician irregular verbs#PÔRCategory:Galician terms spelled with Ô#PÔRCategory:Galician terms spelled with ◌̂#PÔRCategory:Galician entries with incorrect language header#PÔRCategory:Pages with entries#PÔRCategory:Pages with 2 entries#PÔR

1. reintegrationist spelling of pórCategory:Galician reintegrationist forms#PÔR

References

• “pôr”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Alternative forms

• ponhar (nonstandard, proscribed)
• poer (obsolete)
• por (obsolete spelling, now a common misspelling)
• pòr (obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#PORCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#POR põer (“to put”), from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#PORCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#POR pōnere, from Proto-ItalicCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Proto-Italic#PORCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Italic#POR *pozinō. Cognate of Spanish poner, French pondre, Italian porre, Sicilian pùniri.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/oɾ#PORCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/oɾ/1 syllable#PORCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/oʁ#PORCategory:Rhymes:Portuguese/oʁ/1 syllable#POR
• Hyphenation: pôr

Verb

pôr (first-person singular present ponho, first-person singular preterite pus, past participle posto)Category:Portuguese lemmas#PORCategory:Portuguese verbs#PORCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -or#PORCategory:Portuguese irregular verbs#PORCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#PORCategory:Pages with entries#PÔRCategory:Pages with 2 entries#PÔR

2. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#POR) to put; to place

   Não me lembro onde pus as chaves.

   I don’t remember where I put the keys.

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   • 2015, György Dragomán, O Rei Branco, Editora Intrinseca, →ISBN, page 85:

     […] abriu a gaveta do armário, pegou um alfinete de segurança, parou diante de mim, tirou a medalha da minha mão e se curvou e a pôs no meu colete […]

     […] she opened the wardrobe’s drawer, took out a safety pin, stood in front of me, took the medal from my hand and kneeled and put it on my vest […]

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4. (pronominal, copulativeCategory:Portuguese copulative verbs#POR) to get (to position oneself into a given state)

   Põe-te de pé antes que o general te veja.

   Get up before the general sees you.

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6. (pronominal) to go [with em or a or another positional preposition ‘to a given location’]

   Ela pôs-se ao lado da lareira.

   She went [and stood] next to the fireplace.

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8. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#POR, intransitiveCategory:Portuguese intransitive verbs#POR) to lay (to produce and deposit an egg)

   Comprei uma galinha mas ela não põe mais.

   I bought a chicken but it doesn’t lay eggs anymore.

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10. (pronominal) (of a celestial body) to set (to go below the horizon)

    O sol está a pôr-se/se pondo.

    The sun is setting.

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12. (transitiveCategory:Portuguese transitive verbs#POR) to put on; to wear (to start to use an item of clothing)

    Pusemos blusas para não passarmos/passármos frio.

    We put on blouses so we wouldn’t be cold.

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14. (ditransitiveCategory:Portuguese ditransitive verbs#POR) to make; to get (to cause to be in a given state) [with direct object ‘someone’, along with copulative object or adjective ‘in some state’]

    Os insultos puseram-na nervosa.

    The insults made her nervous.

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Further reading

• “pôr”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pôr”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026