Colocados

Colocados is the plural masculine form of the Spanish adjective colocado, meaning “placed” or “located.” In grammar, colocado is a past participle that can function as an adjective and must agree in gender and number (colocado, colocada, colocados, colocadas). The term is used broadly in everyday language to describe people or objects that have been assigned to a position, location, or role.

In usage, colocados often appear in contexts such as employment, housing, education, and administrative processes. For example, a program might refer to “los colocados en el empleo” to denote participants who have been placed in jobs, or speak of “colocados en vivienda social” for recipients assigned to housing units. The phrase can also appear in evaluative or ranking contexts, as in “quedó colocado en el puesto número cinco,” indicating that someone obtained a particular rank or position.

Etymology and related terms: colocar comes from the Latin collocare, meaning “to place together.” Related nouns include colocación (placement) and ubicación (location). In Portuguese, colocado/colocados carries a similar meaning and is used in analogous contexts.

Regional note: Colocados is a general linguistic term rather than the title of a specific work, organization, or place, unless used as a proper noun within a regional context. In such cases, the meaning depends on the particular usage or institution being described.