pigeonhole
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pigeonhole
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. encasillar
David isn't one of those artists who you can pigeonhole. He's completely unique.David no es uno de esos artistas al que se puede encasillar. Es completamente único.
2. (to put off)
a. archivar
I'm the assistant manager, but most of my suggestions get pigeonholed.Soy el director adjunto, pero la mayoría de mis sugerencias terminan archivadas.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (furniture)
a. el casillero (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
All of the mail goes in the pigeonhole at the end of the hall.Toda la correspondencia se mete en el casillero al final del pasillo.
4. (cubby)
a. la casilla (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I never got that memo. - Maybe it got put in the wrong pigeonhole.Nunca recibí ese memo. - Quizá lo metieron en la casilla equivocada.
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