engavetar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From en- +‎ gaveta +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === === 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== engavetamento ==== Related terms ==== gaveta === References === “engavetar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “engavetar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “engavetar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN === Further reading === “engavetar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From en- +‎ gaveta +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enɡabeˈtaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡa.β̞eˈt̪aɾ] 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) ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “engavetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025