# postponer
## English
### Etymology

From postpone +‎ -er.

### Noun

postponer (plural postponers)
* One who postpones.
** 2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times‎: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.

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | postponer | postponer | postponer | postponer | postponer |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | postponiendo | postponiendo | postponiendo | postponiendo | postponiendo |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | postpuesto | postpuesto | postpuesta | postpuesta |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | postpuestos | postpuestos | postpuestas | postpuestas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | postpongo | postpones$^{tú}$ postponés$^{vos}$ | postpone | postponemos | postponéis | postponen |
| indicative | imperfect | postponía | postponías | postponía | postponíamos | postponíais | postponían |
| indicative | preterite | postpuse | postpusiste | postpuso | postpusimos | postpusisteis | postpusieron |
| indicative | future | postpondré | postpondrás | postpondrá | postpondremos | postpondréis | postpondrán |
| indicative | conditional | postpondría | postpondrías | postpondría | postpondríamos | postpondríais | postpondrían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | postponga | postpongas$^{tú}$ postpongás$^{vos2}$ | postponga | postpongamos | postpongáis | postpongan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | postpusiera | postpusieras | postpusiera | postpusiéramos | postpusierais | postpusieran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | postpusiese | postpusieses | postpusiese | postpusiésemos | postpusieseis | postpusiesen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | postpusiere | postpusieres | postpusiere | postpusiéremos | postpusiereis | postpusieren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | postpón$^{tú}$ postponé$^{vos}$ | postponga | postpongamos | postponed | postpongan |
| imperative | negative | | no postpongas | no postponga | no postpongamos | no postpongáis | no postpongan |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “postponer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014