posponer

to postpone, to put off

p o s p o ˈn e ɾ
pos after; later + poner to put, to place
verb Uncommon #19,912
to postpone, to put off
SP: Decidimos posponer la reunión hasta mañana.
EN: We decided to postpone the meeting until tomorrow.
Conjugation of posponer
posponer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First — pospusimos
Third pospuso —
Past

Tienes que posponer tu salida a Inglaterra hasta la próxima semana.

You have to postpone your trip to England until next week.

Esto se puede posponer mucho tiempo.

This can be postponed for a long time.

Pero, por lo visto, no se puede posponer, ustedes me han convencido de ello.

But apparently it can't be postponed, you've convinced me of that.

— მონანიება (1987)

Nos íbamos a casar en mayo, pero tuvimos que posponer la boda hasta junio.

We were going to get married in May, but we had to postpone the wedding until June.

Él decidió posponer su partida.

He decided to postpone his departure.

Tenemos que posponer el partido hasta el próximo domingo.

We have to postpone the match until next Sunday.

Deja de posponer buscar un empleo.

Stop putting off looking for a job.

No se puede posponer más.

It can't be postponed any longer.

— “Cumbres Borrascosas” (2026)

Tengo tanto trabajo que hacer que necesito posponer mi viaje.

I have so much work to do that I need to postpone my trip.

No podemos posponer la junta.

We can't postpone the meeting.

He decidido posponer mi viaje a Boston.

I've decided to postpone my trip to Boston.

Tom y Mary quedaron de acuerdo en posponer la fiesta en una semana.

Tom and Mary agreed to postpone the party for a week.

La fuerte lluvia nos obligó a posponer nuestra salida.

The heavy rain forced us to postpone our departure.

Tuve que posponer mi cita.

I had to postpone my appointment.

Siempre lo puedes posponer.

You can always postpone it.

— Un lugar en ninguna parte (1988)

No deberías posponer casarte.

You shouldn’t put off getting married.

Tom decidió posponer su salida.

Tom decided to postpone his departure.