How to Say "to shelve" in Spanish

The Spanish word for “to shelve” is “archivo” — B1 level. This is a very common word in everyday Spanish.

English → SpanishB1

archivo

verbB1

to postpone or set aside a project

A hand is shown placing a document into an organized filing cabinet drawer, illustrating the action of filing.

Examples

Yo archivo todos los documentos al final del día.

I file all the documents at the end of the day.

Decidieron archivar el caso por falta de pruebas.

They decided to shelve (or close) the case due to lack of evidence.

Regular -AR Verb

'Archivar' follows the simplest conjugation pattern for Spanish verbs. Once you know how to conjugate 'hablar' (to talk), you know 'archivar'!

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Related Translations

archive→file→folder→record office→to archive→to file→

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