postergar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpos.teʁ.ˈɡa(ʁ)/

Verb

postergar (first-person singular present indicative postergo, past participle postergado)

to postpone (to delay or put off an event for later)

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb postergar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. The last letter g is changed to gu, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these three possible sequences: -ga-, -gue- and -go-. Verbs with this conjugation include: apagar, cegar, esmagar, largar, navegar, resmungar, sugar.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	postergar
Personal	postergar	postergares	postergar	postergarmos	postergardes	postergarem
Gerund
	postergando
Past participle
Masculine	postergado			postergados
Feminine	postergada			postergadas
Indicative
Present	postergo	postergas	posterga	postergamos	postergais	postergam
Imperfect	postergava	postergavas	postergava	postergávamos	postergáveis	postergavam
Preterite	posterguei	postergaste	postergou	postergamos postergámos	postergastes	postergaram
Pluperfect	postergara	postergaras	postergara	postergáramos	postergáreis	postergaram
Future	postergarei	postergarás	postergará	postergaremos	postergareis	postergarão
Conditional
	postergaria	postergarias	postergaria	postergaríamos	postergaríeis	postergariam
Subjunctive
Present	postergue	postergues	postergue	posterguemos	postergueis	posterguem
Imperfect	postergasse	postergasses	postergasse	postergássemos	postergásseis	postergassem
Future	postergar	postergares	postergar	postergarmos	postergardes	postergarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	posterga	postergue	posterguemos	postergai	posterguem
Negative (não)	-	postergues	postergue	posterguemos	postergueis	posterguem

Synonyms

adiar

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin postergāre.

Verb

postergar (first-person singular present postergo, first-person singular preterite postergué, past participle postergado)

(transitive) to postpone

Conjugation

Rule: g becomes a gu before e.

Conjugation of postergar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			postergar
gerund			postergando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		postergado		postergada
		plural		postergados		postergadas
		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
	present	postergo	postergas^tú postergás^{^vos}	posterga	postergamos	postergáis	postergan
	imperfect	postergaba	postergabas	postergaba	postergábamos	postergabais	postergaban
	preterite	postergué	postergaste	postergó	postergamos	postergasteis	postergaron
	future	postergaré	postergarás	postergará	postergaremos	postergaréis	postergarán
	conditional	postergaría	postergarías	postergaría	postergaríamos	postergaríais	postergarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	postergue	postergues^{^tú} postergués^{^vos²}	postergue	posterguemos	posterguéis	posterguen
	imperfect (ra)	postergara	postergaras	postergara	postergáramos	postergarais	postergaran
	imperfect (se)	postergase	postergases	postergase	postergásemos	postergaseis	postergasen
	future¹	postergare	postergares	postergare	postergáremos	postergareis	postergaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		posterga^{^tú} postergá^{^vos}	postergue	posterguemos	postergad	posterguen
	negative		no postergues	no postergue	no posterguemos	no posterguéis	no posterguen

¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Related terms

postergación

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