postponer
English
Etymology
postpone + -er
Noun
postponer (plural postponers)
- One who postpones.
- 2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
- ★ LAURYN HILL, SEAN KINGSTON (Monday) Rock’s shaggy dog story is Guns N’ Roses’ endlessly postponed “Chinese Democracy”; in hip-hop-soul, the great postponer is Lauryn Hill, the former Fugee who has not made a proper studio album in nine years.
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pospoˈneɾ/ [pos.poˈneɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
Verb
postponer (first-person singular present postpongo, first-person singular preterite postpuse, past participle postpuesto)
- Alternative spelling of posponer
Conjugation
Conjugation of postponer (irregular) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | postponer | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | postponiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | postpuesto | postpuesta | |||||
| plural | postpuestos | postpuestas | |||||
| 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 | postpongo | postponestú postponésvos | postpone | postponemos | postponéis | postponen | |
| imperfect | postponía | postponías | postponía | postponíamos | postponíais | postponían | |
| preterite | postpuse | postpusiste | postpuso | postpusimos | postpusisteis | postpusieron | |
| future | postpondré | postpondrás | postpondrá | postpondremos | postpondréis | postpondrán | |
| conditional | postpondría | postpondrías | postpondría | postpondríamos | postpondríais | postpondrían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | postponga | postpongastú postpongásvos2 | postponga | postpongamos | postpongáis | postpongan | |
| imperfect (ra) | postpusiera | postpusieras | postpusiera | postpusiéramos | postpusierais | postpusieran | |
| imperfect (se) | postpusiese | postpusieses | postpusiese | postpusiésemos | postpusieseis | postpusiesen | |
| future1 | postpusiere | postpusieres | postpusiere | postpusiéremos | postpusiereis | postpusieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | postpóntú postponévos | postponga | postpongamos | postponed | postpongan | ||
| negative | no postpongas | no postponga | no postpongamos | no postpongáis | no postpongan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of postponer (irregular)
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 postponer | |||||||
| dative | postponerme | postponerte | postponerle, postponerse | postponernos | postponeros | postponerles, postponerse | |
| accusative | postponerme | postponerte | postponerlo, postponerla, postponerse | postponernos | postponeros | postponerlos, postponerlas, postponerse | |
| with gerund postponiendo | |||||||
| dative | postponiéndome | postponiéndote | postponiéndole, postponiéndose | postponiéndonos | postponiéndoos | postponiéndoles, postponiéndose | |
| accusative | postponiéndome | postponiéndote | postponiéndolo, postponiéndola, postponiéndose | postponiéndonos | postponiéndoos | postponiéndolos, postponiéndolas, postponiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative postpón | |||||||
| dative | postponme | postponte | postponle | postponnos | not used | postponles | |
| accusative | postponme | postponte | postponlo, postponla | postponnos | not used | postponlos, postponlas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative postponé | |||||||
| dative | postponeme | postponete | postponele | postponenos | not used | postponeles | |
| accusative | postponeme | postponete | postponelo, postponela | postponenos | not used | postponelos, postponelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative postponga | |||||||
| dative | postpóngame | not used | postpóngale, postpóngase | postpónganos | not used | postpóngales | |
| accusative | postpóngame | not used | postpóngalo, postpóngala, postpóngase | postpónganos | not used | postpóngalos, postpóngalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative postpongamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | postpongámoste | postpongámosle | postpongámonos | postpongámoos | postpongámosles | |
| accusative | not used | postpongámoste | postpongámoslo, postpongámosla | postpongámonos | postpongámoos | postpongámoslos, postpongámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative postponed | |||||||
| dative | postponedme | not used | postponedle | postponednos | postponeos | postponedles | |
| accusative | postponedme | not used | postponedlo, postponedla | postponednos | postponeos | postponedlos, postponedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative postpongan | |||||||
| dative | postpónganme | not used | postpónganle | postpóngannos | not used | postpónganles, postpónganse | |
| accusative | postpónganme | not used | postpónganlo, postpónganla | postpóngannos | not used | postpónganlos, postpónganlas, postpónganse | |
Further reading
- “postponer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014