engavetar
Meaning
- (transitive) to store in a drawer
- (figuratively, transitive) to shelve (a proposal, application, etc.)
- (intransitive) to crash into another railway car (of a railway car, in an accident)
- (intransitive, reflexive) to collide together (of cars or other vehicles, in an accident)
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/
Etymology
From en- + gaveta + -ar.
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