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engavetar.

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

9 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/enɡabeˈtaɾ/[ẽŋ.ɡa.β̞eˈt̪aɾ]
  1. to sweep under the rug (to conceal a problem rather than dealing with it)

    Latin-America · transitive
Where this word comes from

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.

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