postergar

Borrowed from Medieval Latin postergāre, from Latin post (“after”) + tergum (“back, back side”).

postergar (first-person singular present postergo, first-person singular preterite posterguí, past participle postergat)(transitive)

1. to postpone, defer (to delay or put off an event for later)

   Synonym: posposar

2. to pass over (to disregard someone)
   • 1982, Lluís Solé i Sabarís, La vida atzarosa del geòleg barceloní Carles de Gimbernat (1768-1834):

     El seu pare, vell i decrèpit es veu postergat per enveges professionals i acusat d'afrancesat.

     His father, old and decrepit, sees himself being passed over due to professional grudges and accusations of being an afrancesado.

• postergable
• postergació

• “postergar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Borrowed from Medieval Latin postergāre, from Latin post (“after”) + tergum (“back, back side”).

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

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

   Synonyms: procrastinar, protelar, adiar

Borrowed from Medieval Latin postergāre, from Latin post (“after”) + tergum (“back, back side”).

• IPA^(key): /posteɾˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pos‧ter‧gar

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

1. (transitive) to postpone

• “postergar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10