What does posponer mean?
posponer means to postpone in English. It is a irregular -er verb.
Spanish verb guide
Posponer Conjugation in Spanish
Learn posponer, meaning to postpone, through verified forms and contextual examples.
irregular-ergerund: posponiendoparticiple: pospuesto
Principal forms of posponer
- Infinitive
- posponer
- Gerund
- posponiendo
- Past participle
- pospuesto
Posponer conjugation table
Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | pospongo | pospuse | posponía | pospondré |
| tú | pospones | pospusiste | posponías | pospondrás |
| él / ella / usted | pospone | pospuso | posponía | pospondrá |
| nosotros/as | posponemos | pospusimos | posponíamos | pospondremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | posponen | pospusieron | posponían | pospondrán |
Pattern notes
- Its forms differ from a fully regular -er pattern in the present, preterite, future.
- Its past participle, pospuesto, is irregular.
Examples with posponer
Pospongámoslo hasta la próxima semana.Let's postpone until next week.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
La reunión se pospondrá hasta el 20 de este mes.The meeting will be postponed till the 20th of this month.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
El partido se pospuso a causa del mal tiempo.The game was postponed because of the bad weather.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate posponer for yo in the present.
- Use the preterite form for ella.
- Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
- Write a short sentence in the future.
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