aplazar Present Conjugation
aplazar — to postpone
Aplazar is completely regular in the present indicative (aplazo, aplazas).
aplazar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use this for current habits of procrastination or to state that a scheduled event is being moved right now.
Notes on aplazar in the Present
The verb is fully regular in this tense. The 'z' stays throughout because it is followed by 'o' or 'a'.
Example Sentences
Siempre aplazo mis tareas hasta el domingo.
I always postpone my homework until Sunday.
yo
¿Por qué aplazas siempre lo importante?
Why do you always postpone the important things?
tú
Nosotros aplazamos la entrega una semana.
We are postponing the delivery by one week.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Thinking it has a stem change like 'apliezo'.
Correct: aplazo
Why: Aplazar does not have a vowel stem change; it only has spelling changes in other tenses.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: aplacé
The preterite is regular except for the 'yo' form, which changes to 'aplacé'.
Imperfect
yo: aplazaba
The imperfect of aplazar is regular, using the -aba endings (aplazaba, aplazabas).
Future
yo: aplazaré
The future tense of aplazar is regular: add the endings to the full infinitive.
Conditional
yo: aplazaría
The conditional is regular: add the -ía endings to the infinitive 'aplazar'.
Present Subjunctive
yo: aplace
Aplazar undergoes a spelling change from 'z' to 'c' before the letter 'e' (aplace, aplaces).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: aplazara
The imperfect subjunctive of aplazar is regular, following the 'ra' pattern (aplazara, aplazaras).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: aplaza
Direct commands for aplazar involve the 'z' to 'c' change in all forms except 'tú' and 'vosotros'.
Negative Imperative
yo: no aplaces
Negative commands always use the present subjunctive forms and change 'z' to 'c'.