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llavear

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Spanish

Etymology

From llave + -ar, maybe influenced by Italian chiavare.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lla‧ve‧ar

Verb

llavear (first-person singular present llaveo, first-person singular preterite llaveé, past participle llaveado)

  1. (Paraguay, Rioplatense) to lock
    • 2015 July 5, “Un grupo de 200 empresas crea una patronal alternativa a CEIM”, in El País:
      Sin embargo, subraya que “la crisis, la corrupción y la falta de ética se han llaveado por delante las patronal y los sindicados”.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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