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suspender

to suspend, to stop temporarily, to fail (a test/class)

s u s p e n ˈd e ɾ
suspend hang; suspend + er Second-conjugation marker
verb Rare #28,959
to suspend, to stop temporarily
SP: Van a suspender el partido por la lluvia.
EN: They’re going to suspend the match because of the rain.
to fail (a test/class) Common in Spain; in much of Latin America, people often say "reprobar".
SP: Si no estudias, vas a suspender el examen.
EN: If you don’t study, you’re going to fail the exam.
Conjugation of suspender
Past
suspendido
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third suspendió suspendieron
suspender
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third suspende —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third suspende —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second suspende —

Habrá que suspender el paseo.

The walk will have to be suspended.

Está claro que te van a suspender si no estudias más.

It’s clear that you’re going to fail if you don’t study more.

Tuvimos que suspender el juego por la lluvia.

We had to suspend the game due to the rain.

Debes trabajar duro para no suspender.

You must work hard to avoid failing.

El colegio va a quedarse sin electricidad, por eso van a suspender las clases.

The school is going to lose electricity, so classes are going to be suspended.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

Entonces habrá que suspender.

Then it will have to be suspended.

— Todo sobre mi madre (1999)

Tom quiere suspender el matrimonio.

Tom wants to call off the marriage.

No seas tan duro contigo, hay cosas peores en la vida que suspender un examen.

Don't be so hard on yourself, there are worse things in life than failing an exam.

El comité decidió suspender la huelga.

The committee decided to suspend the strike.

No quiero suspender mis exámenes.

I don't want to fail my exams.