postpono

Latin

Etymology

From post- +‎ pōnō (place, put).

Pronunciation

Verb

postpōnō (present infinitive postpōnere, perfect active postposuī, supine postpositum); third conjugation

  1. to place after: a (in order of importance); b (of order within a text)
  2. to rate lower or behind, to treat as of secondary importance
  3. to set aside a person or act
  4. to turn aside (from)
  5. to neglect or disregard
  6. to disparage, belittle
  7. to postpone

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: postpone
  • French: postposer
  • Italian: posporre
  • Portuguese: pospor
  • Romanian: postpune
  • Sicilian: postpùniri
  • Spanish: posponer

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