postponer
English
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)
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
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