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posponer

to postpone

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The Spanish verb posponer means to postpone.

Present tense:

yopospongo
pospones
él/ella/ustedpospone
nosotrosposponemos
vosotrosposponéis
ellos/ellas/ustedesposponen

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subjunctive

imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedespospusieran
yopospusiera
pospusieras
vosotrospospusierais
nosotrospospusiéramos
él/ella/ustedpospusiera

The imperfect subjunctive of posponer uses the 'pospusie-' stem.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedespospongan
yoposponga
pospongas
vosotrospospongáis
nosotrospospongamos
él/ella/ustedposponga

The present subjunctive of posponer uses the 'posponga' stem.

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imperative

negative

no pospongas
vosotrosno pospongáis
ustedesno pospongan
nosotrosno pospongamos
ustedno posponga

The negative imperative uses 'no' plus the present subjunctive forms.

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affirmative

pospón
vosotrosposponed
ustedespospongan
nosotrospospongamos
ustedposponga

The imperative of posponer features the short 'tú' form: pospón.

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indicative

conditional

ellos/ellas/ustedespospondrían
yopospondría
pospondrías
vosotrospospondríais
nosotrospospondríamos
él/ella/ustedpospondría

The conditional of posponer uses the stem 'pospondr-' plus 'ía' endings.

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preterite

ellos/ellas/ustedespospusieron
yopospuse
pospusiste
vosotrospospusisteis
nosotrospospusimos
él/ella/ustedpospuso

The preterite of posponer is highly irregular, using the 'pospus-' stem.

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imperfect

ellos/ellas/ustedesposponían
yoposponía
posponías
vosotrosposponíais
nosotrosposponíamos
él/ella/ustedposponía

The imperfect of posponer is completely regular: posponía, posponías, posponía.

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present

ellos/ellas/ustedesposponen
yopospongo
pospones
vosotrosposponéis
nosotrosposponemos
él/ella/ustedpospone

The present of posponer follows the 'poner' pattern, using 'pospongo' for the yo form.

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future

ellos/ellas/ustedespospondrán
yopospondré
pospondrás
vosotrospospondréis
nosotrospospondremos
él/ella/ustedpospondrá

The future of posponer uses the irregular stem 'pospondr-'.

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