postergar
Portuguese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /pos.teʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [pos.teɦˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /pos.teɾˈɡa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /poʃ.teʁˈɡa(ʁ)/ [poʃ.teʁˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pos.teɻˈɡa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /puʃ.tɨɾˈɡaɾ/ [puʃ.tɨɾˈɣaɾ]
Verb
postergar (first-person singular present postergo, first-person singular preterite posterguei, past participle postergado)
- to postpone (to delay or put off an event for later)
- Synonyms: procrastinar, protelar, adiar
Conjugation
Conjugation of postergar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | postergar | |||||
| Personal | postergar | postergares | postergar | postergarmos | postergardes | postergarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| postergando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | postergado | postergados | ||||
| Feminine | postergada | postergadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | postergo | postergas | posterga | postergamos | postergais | postergam |
| Imperfect | postergava | postergavas | postergava | postergávamos | postergáveis | postergavam |
| Preterite | posterguei | postergaste | postergou | postergamos1, postergámos2 | postergastes | postergaram |
| Pluperfect | postergara | postergaras | postergara | postergáramos | postergáreis | postergaram |
| Future | postergarei | postergarás | postergará | postergaremos | postergareis | postergarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| postergaria | postergarias | postergaria | postergaríamos | postergaríeis | postergariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | postergue | postergues | postergue | posterguemos | postergueis | posterguem |
| Imperfect | postergasse | postergasses | postergasse | postergássemos | postergásseis | postergassem |
| Future | postergar | postergares | postergar | postergarmos | postergardes | postergarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | posterga | postergue | posterguemos | postergai | posterguem | |
| Negative (não) | não postergues | não postergue | não posterguemos | não postergueis | não posterguem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin postergāre, from Latin post (“after”) + tergum (“back, back side”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /posteɾˈɡaɾ/ [pos.t̪eɾˈɣ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pos‧ter‧gar
Verb
postergar (first-person singular present postergo, first-person singular preterite postergué, past participle postergado)
- (transitive) to postpone
Conjugation
Conjugation of postergar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | postergar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | postergando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | postergado | postergada | |||||
| plural | postergados | postergadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | postergo | postergastú postergásvos | posterga | postergamos | postergáis | postergan | |
| imperfect | postergaba | postergabas | postergaba | postergábamos | postergabais | postergaban | |
| preterite | postergué | postergaste | postergó | postergamos | postergasteis | postergaron | |
| future | postergaré | postergarás | postergará | postergaremos | postergaréis | postergarán | |
| conditional | postergaría | postergarías | postergaría | postergaríamos | postergaríais | postergarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | postergue | posterguestú posterguésvos2 | postergue | posterguemos | posterguéis | posterguen | |
| imperfect (ra) | postergara | postergaras | postergara | postergáramos | postergarais | postergaran | |
| imperfect (se) | postergase | postergases | postergase | postergásemos | postergaseis | postergasen | |
| future1 | postergare | postergares | postergare | postergáremos | postergareis | postergaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | postergatú postergávos | postergue | posterguemos | postergad | posterguen | ||
| negative | no postergues | no postergue | no posterguemos | no posterguéis | no posterguen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of postergar (g-gu alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive postergar | |||||||
| dative | postergarme | postergarte | postergarle, postergarse | postergarnos | postergaros | postergarles, postergarse | |
| accusative | postergarme | postergarte | postergarlo, postergarla, postergarse | postergarnos | postergaros | postergarlos, postergarlas, postergarse | |
| with gerund postergando | |||||||
| dative | postergándome | postergándote | postergándole, postergándose | postergándonos | postergándoos | postergándoles, postergándose | |
| accusative | postergándome | postergándote | postergándolo, postergándola, postergándose | postergándonos | postergándoos | postergándolos, postergándolas, postergándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative posterga | |||||||
| dative | postérgame | postérgate | postérgale | postérganos | not used | postérgales | |
| accusative | postérgame | postérgate | postérgalo, postérgala | postérganos | not used | postérgalos, postérgalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative postergá | |||||||
| dative | postergame | postergate | postergale | posterganos | not used | postergales | |
| accusative | postergame | postergate | postergalo, postergala | posterganos | not used | postergalos, postergalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative postergue | |||||||
| dative | postérgueme | not used | postérguele, postérguese | postérguenos | not used | postérgueles | |
| accusative | postérgueme | not used | postérguelo, postérguela, postérguese | postérguenos | not used | postérguelos, postérguelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative posterguemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | posterguémoste | posterguémosle | posterguémonos | posterguémoos | posterguémosles | |
| accusative | not used | posterguémoste | posterguémoslo, posterguémosla | posterguémonos | posterguémoos | posterguémoslos, posterguémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative postergad | |||||||
| dative | postergadme | not used | postergadle | postergadnos | postergaos | postergadles | |
| accusative | postergadme | not used | postergadlo, postergadla | postergadnos | postergaos | postergadlos, postergadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative posterguen | |||||||
| dative | postérguenme | not used | postérguenle | postérguennos | not used | postérguenles, postérguense | |
| accusative | postérguenme | not used | postérguenlo, postérguenla | postérguennos | not used | postérguenlos, postérguenlas, postérguense | |
Related terms
- postergación
- tergiversar
Further reading
- “postergar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014