Posponer in english
Postpone
pronunciation: poʊstpoʊn part of speech: verb
pronunciation: poʊstpoʊn part of speech: verb
In gestures
posponer = defer ; move to + a time when ; postpone ; put off ; put + Nombre + aside ; hold off ; put + Nombre + on hold ; delay ; put + Nombre + aside.
Example: If the fund has not yet been assigned, entering a 'no' automatically defers the order.Example: Because reorganisation allows the optimization of update and searching procedures, it moves the maintenance to a time when it does not affect the operation of the system.Example: Since this will likely be a long meeting, I suggest we postpone approving the minutes of our last meeting.Example: Thus the day for practical application of bibliographical hypotheses is continually being put off.Example: Many financial experts suggest that you take 10% of your income, and put it aside for your long-term savings.Example: A dam at the Strait of Gibraltar could be constructed to limit the outflow and reverse the climate deterioration, thus holding off the next ice age.Example: But for the time being, the natural gas boom has been put on hold until we find out what's really going on.Example: It would be wise to delay reading these until you have had some experience in using the scheme.Example: If there is one, the borrower must be notified, and the copy somehow put aside for that borrower for a limited amount of time.more:
» posponer Algo = put + Nombre + on ice .
Example: Any action that the government might have considered taking was put on ice pending the results of the Royal Commission on Legal Services set up in 1976.» posponer las cosas hasta el último momento = put things off to/until the last minute .
Example: In retrospect, this was a grave error -- my attitude in school was always to put things off to the last minute.» posponer las cosas hasta el último minuto = put things off to/until the last minute .
Example: In retrospect, this was a grave error -- my attitude in school was always to put things off to the last minute.» posponer una discusión = table + discussion .
Example: Discussion on the considerable effect that library administrations can have on the budget is tabled until later in the chapter.