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Portuguese
Etymology
From en- + gaveta + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ɻ)/
Verb
engavetar (first-person singular present engaveto, first-person singular preterite engavetei, past participle engavetado)
- (transitive) to store in a drawer
- (transitive, figurative) to shelve (a proposal, application, etc.)
- (intransitive) to crash into another railway car (of a railway car, in an accident)
- (intransitive or reflexive) to collide together (of cars or other vehicles, in an accident)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
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References
Spanish
Etymology
From en- + gaveta + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /enɡabeˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧ga‧ve‧tar
Verb
engavetar (first-person singular present engaveto, first-person singular preterite engaveté, past participle engavetado)
- (Latin America, transitive) to sweep under the rug (to conceal a problem rather than dealing with it)
2017 January 26, “Retrato del adolescente cubano”, in Juventud Rebelde:A juicio de este reportero debe apostarse por no engavetar los resultados; convirtámoslos en arma útil para el andar cotidiano.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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