encasillar

v.

1 to pigeonhole.

Ellos encasillaron los mensajes They pigeonholed the messages.

2 to put in a box, to enter into a grid (poner en casillas).

3 to typecast, to stereotype, to pigeonhole, to type.

Ellos encasillaron a la nueva They typecast the newbie.

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encasillar

► verbo transitivo

1 (poner en casillas) to pigeonhole

2 (clasificar) to classify, class

3 (actor, actriz) to typecast

► verbo pronominal encasillarse

1 figurado to limit oneself

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VT

1) (=poner en casillas) to pigeonhole, categorize; (=clasificar) to classify

no me gusta que me encasillen como escritor romántico — I don't like being pigeonholed o categorized as a romantic writer

2) (Teat) to typecast

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1.

verbo transitivo to class, categorize, pigeonhole

2.

encasillarse v pron

no quiso encasillarse dentro de ninguna tendencia — he didn't want to be identified with any particular group o faction

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= pigeonhole, box in.

Ex. The information specialist can identify reference questions by subject area if the requests seem to fit into 1 of the 3 technologies; but he or she cannot pigeonhole requests which have blurred boundaries.

Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

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1.

verbo transitivo to class, categorize, pigeonhole

2.

encasillarse v pron

no quiso encasillarse dentro de ninguna tendencia — he didn't want to be identified with any particular group o faction

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= pigeonhole, box in.

Ex: The information specialist can identify reference questions by subject area if the requests seem to fit into 1 of the 3 technologies; but he or she cannot pigeonhole requests which have blurred boundaries.

Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.

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encasillar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 (actor) to typecast

2 (personal) to categorize

B (categorizar) to class, classify, categorize

sus novelas se pueden encasillar dentro del género policial her novels can be classed o classified o categorized as detective fiction

no me gusta que me encasillen dentro de ningún movimiento en particular I don't like to be pigeonholed o categorized as a member of any particular movement

■ encasillarse

v pron

no quiso encasillarse dentro de ninguna tendencia he didn't want to be identified with any tendency, he didn't want to be classified o categorized as being part of any tendency

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encasillar (conjugate encasillar) verbo transitivo
to class, categorize, pigeonhole
encasillar verbo transitivo to pigeonhole: a ese actor lo encasillaron en papeles de seductor, they type-cast that actor as a seducer
'encasillar' also found in these entries:
English:
typecast
- type

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encasillar vt

1. [clasificar] to classify, to pigeonhole (como as);

lo encasillaron como un provocador he was marked down o branded as an agitator

2. [actor, actriz] to typecast;

fue encasillada en papeles de mala she was typecast as a villain

3. [poner en casillas] to put in a box, to enter into a grid

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encasillar

v/t

1 class, classify

2 (estereotipar) pigeonhole

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encasillar vt

clasificar: to classify, to pigeonhole, to categorize