engavetar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(h)]
- (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)/ [ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ɻ)/
Verb edit
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 edit
Conjugation of engavetar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Conjugation of engavetar-se (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- “engavetar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “engavetar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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[1]:
- 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 edit
Conjugation of engavetar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading edit
- “engavetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014