accantonare

to set aside

verb ahk-kahn-toh-NAH-reh Rare

Also means

to shelve

Usage Note

Accantonare literally means to move something to a corner (canto), hence 'to set aside' financially or 'to shelve' a plan. It uses avere as its auxiliary. In accounting, accantonare fondi means to earmark or reserve funds. It can also mean to abandon a topic temporarily: accantonare il problema ('to put the problem aside for now').

Examples

"Dobbiamo accantonare questa proposta per ora."

Natural Translation

We need to shelve this proposal for now.

Literal Translation

We-must shelve this proposal for now.

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