pigeon-hole in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for pigeon-hole in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.pigeonhole [Am ˈpɪdʒənˌhoʊl, Brit ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl] N

1. pigeonhole (on wall, desk):

pigeonhole

casillero m

2. pigeonhole (category):

pigeonhole

casilla f

to put sb/sth in a pigeonhole

encasillar a alguien/algo

II.pigeonhole [Am ˈpɪdʒənˌhoʊl, Brit ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl] VB trans

1. pigeonhole (classify):

pigeonhole person/idea

catalogar

pigeonhole person/idea

encasillar

pigeonhole person/idea

etiquetar

2. pigeonhole (postpone):

pigeonhole

archivar

pigeonhole

aplazar

pigeonhole

aparcar Spain

Translations for pigeon-hole in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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casillero (compartimento)

pigeonhole

casilla

pigeonhole

pigeon-hole in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pigeon-hole in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.pigeonhole [ˈpɪdʒ·ən·hoʊl] N

pigeonhole

casilla f

to put sb in a pigeonhole

encasillar a alguien

II.pigeonhole [ˈpɪdʒ·ən·hoʊl] VB trans

to pigeonhole sb/sth

encasillar a alguien/algo

to pigeonhole sb as sth

poner la etiqueta de algo a alguien

Translations for pigeon-hole in the Spanish»English Dictionary

engavetar [en·ga·βe·ˈtar] VB trans Guat

engavetar

to pigeon-hole

engavetar a alguien

to shelve sb

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casilla (en casillero)

pigeonhole

encasillar

to pigeonhole

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It shattered the way people tend to pigeon-hole women into neat mindsets and labels.

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But you don't want to pigeon-hole yourself and have them say well, that's the company that does all the heavy shows.

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Pine is not a man to easily pigeon-hole musically.

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It's funny when people go off thinking they've pigeon-holed someone but do nothing more than pigeon-hole themselves.

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Over the years, many tried to stereotype and pigeon-hole my father.

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Even his supporters would be foolhardy to pigeon-hole him.

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Some automatically pigeon-hole those with whom they debate as members of this or that party.

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Part of the discussion has been about how women are pigeon-holed into "pink" topics, and how they pigeon-hole themselves.

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But it would be misleading to pigeon-hole him as a geek.

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Documents and messages are placed in a person's pigeon-hole for them to collect; they can reply by putting a response inside the sender's pigeon-hole.

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