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carpetazo (dar)

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
dar carpetazo a loc verb	(expediente: dejar sin resolver) (colloquial)	put on ice v expr
	(colloquial)	mothball⇒ vtr
		shelve⇒ vtr
	El jefe dio carpetazo al expediente y su equipo empezó a trabajar en otra cosa.
	The boss put the dossier on ice and his team got to work on something else.
dar carpetazo a loc verb	figurado (dar por terminado)	put an end to v expr
		be done with v expr
	(case)	close⇒ vtr
	(formal)	consider the matter closed v expr
	Florencia dio carpetazo a la pelea familiar y no volvió a hablar del tema.
	Florence put an end to the family feud and never spoke about it again.

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