verb · #74
to put
Example: Pon el vaso en la mesa.
Put the glass on the table.
Spanish → English
poner
poner is Spanish for to put.
What poner means
How common is it?
poner is ranked #74 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It is in the first hundred, which means you will meet it in almost every sentence you read or hear.
Nearby on the frequency list
Words with a similar frequency to poner — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.
- poco — little, few
- deber — must, to owe
- entonces — then, so
- la cosa — thing
- tanto — so much
- el hombre — man
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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22