# engavetar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From en- +‎ gaveta +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(h)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ [ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ʁ)/ [ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.ɡa.veˈta(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.ɡa.veˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ɡɐ.vɨˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ɡɐ.vɨˈtaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ɡɐ.bɨˈtaɾ/ [ẽ.ɡɐ.βɨˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ẽ.ɡɐ.vɨˈta.ɾi/

### 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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.
$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* engavetamento

#### Related terms

* gaveta

### References

* “engavetar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “engavetar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

From en- +‎ gaveta +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
** 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

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | engavetar | engavetar | engavetar | engavetar | engavetar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | engavetando | engavetando | engavetando | engavetando | engavetando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | engavetado | engavetado | engavetada | engavetada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | engavetados | engavetados | engavetadas | engavetadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | engaveto | engavetas$^{tú}$ engavetás$^{vos}$ | engaveta | engavetamos | engavetáis | engavetan |
| indicative | imperfect | engavetaba | engavetabas | engavetaba | engavetábamos | engavetabais | engavetaban |
| indicative | preterite | engaveté | engavetaste | engavetó | engavetamos | engavetasteis | engavetaron |
| indicative | future | engavetaré | engavetarás | engavetará | engavetaremos | engavetaréis | engavetarán |
| indicative | conditional | engavetaría | engavetarías | engavetaría | engavetaríamos | engavetaríais | engavetarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | engavete | engavetes$^{tú}$ engavetés$^{vos2}$ | engavete | engavetemos | engavetéis | engaveten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | engavetara | engavetaras | engavetara | engavetáramos | engavetarais | engavetaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | engavetase | engavetases | engavetase | engavetásemos | engavetaseis | engavetasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | engavetare | engavetares | engavetare | engavetáremos | engavetareis | engavetaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | engaveta$^{tú}$ engavetá$^{vos}$ | engavete | engavetemos | engavetad | engaveten |
| imperative | negative | | no engavetes | no engavete | no engavetemos | no engavetéis | no engaveten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

* “engavetar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014