alocar

Alocar is a Portuguese verb meaning to allocate, assign, or place resources, time, budget, or personnel to a specific purpose or project. It is used in business, information technology, logistics, and human resources to designate where and how resources should be used. The verb derives from Latin allocare (ad + locare), related to the noun alocação (allocation).

Common usages include alocar recursos, alocar orçamento, alocar memória (memory allocation in computing), and alocar pessoas a projetos (assigning staff to projects). In IT, it describes dynamic allocation of memory or processing resources by the system; in management, it refers to assigning employees, equipment, or space to tasks or departments. The term appears in formal and technical language as well as in everyday business discourse.

Conjugation and forms: alocar is a regular -ar verb. Present tense examples: eu aloco, você aloca, nós alocamos, eles alocam. The related noun alocação denotes the act or result of allocating. A related, but distinct, verb locar means to rent or lease; alocar should be used for allocation or assignment to a purpose, resource, or position.