Colocante
Colocante is a linguistic term found in Portuguese and Spanish that centers on the idea of placing or positioning something. In general use, it can function as an adjective meaning “placing” or “that places,” and it can also appear as a noun in some technical or formal texts to denote an actor or device responsible for placing items. However, in everyday language the forms colocador, colocación, or the present participle colocando are more common.
Etymologically, colocante derives from colocar (to place, to place together), which itself comes from Latin collocare
In Portuguese, colocante may occur in specialized or legal-technical writing to describe a component, mechanism, or
In Spanish, the word appears less frequently in modern common usage, with colocando serving as the standard
See also: Colocación, Colocar, Colocador, Colocado. Note that the exact frequency and acceptance of colocante vary