Translocar

Translocar is a verb used in Portuguese and Spanish that means to transfer, relocate, or move something from one place to another. In English, the closest cognate is translocate. The term derives from Latin elements meaning across and to place. It is used in everyday language as well as in technical contexts to describe the act of moving or transferring items, people, or material.

In biology and plant sciences, translocation (translocação) refers to the movement of substances within an organism, especially the transport of nutrients and sugars through vascular tissues like xylem and phloem in plants. The verb translocar can be used to describe such movement, though the noun translocação is the more common form for the process.

In genetics, translocation denotes a rearrangement where segments of chromosomes are moved to nonhomologous chromosomes. In this field, the related noun translocação is standard, and the verb translocar may appear in descriptive or procedural text to indicate that a segment has been relocated. The English equivalent is translocation.

In logistics and everyday use, translocar commonly describes relocating goods, equipment, or people from one location to another. For example, a company might translocar inventory to a different warehouse or translocate a team to a new site.

Overall, translocar functions as a versatile verb across domains to denote a shift in position, with domain-specific nouns such as translocação (the movement itself) or translocação cromossômica (chromosomal translocation) appearing in technical contexts. See also translocation.