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engavetar

/enɡabeˈtaɾ/

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verb/enɡabeˈtaɾ/

to sweep under the rug (to conceal a problem rather than dealing with it)

A juicio de este reportero debe apostarse por no engavetar los resultados; convirtámoslos en arma útil para el andar cotidiano.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Spanish en- Spanish en- Spanish gaveta Spanish -ar Spanish engavetar From en- + gaveta + -ar.