cajonear

Spanish

Etymology

From cajón (“drawer”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaxoneˈaɾ/ [ka.xo.neˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ca‧jo‧ne‧ar

Verb

cajonear (first-person singular present cajoneo, first-person singular preterite cajoneé, past participle cajoneado)

(Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay) to shelve (postpone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cajonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cajonear
gerund			cajoneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cajoneado		cajoneada
		plural		cajoneados		cajoneadas
		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
	present	cajoneo	cajoneas^{^tú} cajoneás^{^vos}	cajonea	cajoneamos	cajoneáis	cajonean
	imperfect	cajoneaba	cajoneabas	cajoneaba	cajoneábamos	cajoneabais	cajoneaban
	preterite	cajoneé	cajoneaste	cajoneó	cajoneamos	cajoneasteis	cajonearon
	future	cajonearé	cajonearás	cajoneará	cajonearemos	cajonearéis	cajonearán
	conditional	cajonearía	cajonearías	cajonearía	cajonearíamos	cajonearíais	cajonearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cajonee	cajonees^{^tú} cajoneés^{^vos²}	cajonee	cajoneemos	cajoneéis	cajoneen
	imperfect (ra)	cajoneara	cajonearas	cajoneara	cajoneáramos	cajonearais	cajonearan
	imperfect (se)	cajonease	cajoneases	cajonease	cajoneásemos	cajoneaseis	cajoneasen
	future¹	cajoneare	cajoneares	cajoneare	cajoneáremos	cajoneareis	cajonearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cajonea^{^tú} cajoneá^{^vos}	cajonee	cajoneemos	cajonead	cajoneen
	negative		no cajonees	no cajonee	no cajoneemos	no cajoneéis	no cajoneen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

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

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