un cajón

a drawer; a crate

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a drawer; a crate Usually means “a drawer,” especially with a desk or furniture. It can also mean a crate or large box, particularly for storing or transporting goods.

SP: Guardé las llaves en un cajón de la cocina.

EN: I put the keys in a kitchen drawer.

Tom guarda una corbata extra en un cajón de su escritorio en el trabajo.

Tom keeps an extra tie in a drawer of his desk at work.

Los escondí en un cajón del escritorio.

I hid them in a desk drawer.

— Rebeca (1940)

Hay un cajón secreto en el escritorio.

There is a secret drawer in the desk.

Estaban en un cajón cerrado.

They were in a closed drawer.

— La increíble historia de David Copperfield (2019)

Esto lo tomé en un cajón de hierro.

I took this from an iron drawer.

— ¡Kin-Dza-Dza! (1986)

Un cajón de lentejas.

A crate of lentils.

— Lazzaro feliz (2018)

Esto es un cajón.

This is a drawer.

Recibieron un cajón de libros.

They received a crate of books.