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Aplazar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to postpone, flunk a test”.
Below are all of the conjugations for aplazar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to postpone, flunk a test |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | aplazar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está aplazando) and past continuous (estaba aplazando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. postponing).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he aplazado and hubiera aplazado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have postponed).
| Gerundio / Gerund | aplazando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | aplazado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I postpone” or “they postpone”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplazo |
| Tú | aplazas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplaza |
| Nosotros / as | aplazamos |
| Vosotros / as | aplazáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplazan |
| Vos | aplazás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I postponed” or “she postponed” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplacé | I postponed |
| Tú | aplazaste | You postponed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplazó | He / she / you postponed |
| Nosotros / as | aplazamos | We postponed |
| Vosotros / as | aplazasteis | You postponed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplazaron | They / you postponed |
| Vos | aplazaste | You postponed |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was postponing” or “she was postponing” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplazaba | I was postponing |
| Tú | aplazabas | You were postponing |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplazaba | He was / she was / you were postponing |
| Nosotros / as | aplazábamos | We were postponing |
| Vosotros / as | aplazabais | You were postponing |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplazaban | They / you were postponing |
| Vos | aplazabas | You were postponing |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have postponed” and “she has postponed”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he aplazado | I have postponed |
| Tú | has aplazado | You have postponed |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha aplazado | He has / she has / you have postponed |
| Nosotros / as | hemos aplazado | We have postponed |
| Vosotros / as | habéis aplazado | You have postponed |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han aplazado | They / you have postponed |
| Vos | has aplazado | You have postponed |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would postpone” or “she would postpone”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplazaría | I would postpone |
| Tú | aplazarías | You would postpone |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplazaría | He / she / you would postpone |
| Nosotros / as | aplazaríamos | We would postpone |
| Vosotros / as | aplazaríais | You would postpone |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplazarían | They / you would postpone |
| Vos | aplazarías | You would postpone |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will postpone” or “they will postpone”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a aplazar” means “They are going to postpone”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplazaré | I will postpone |
| Tú | aplazarás | You will postpone |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplazará | He / she / you will postpone |
| Nosotros / as | aplazaremos | We will postpone |
| Vosotros / as | aplazaréis | You will postpone |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplazarán | They / you will postpone |
| Vos | aplazarás | You will postpone |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplace |
| Tú | aplaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplace |
| Nosotros / as | aplacemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplacen |
| Vos | aplaces |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | aplazara | aplazase |
| Tú | aplazaras | aplazase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplazara | aplazase |
| Nosotros / as | aplazáramos | aplazásemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplazarais | aplazaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplazaran | aplazasen |
| Vos | aplazaras | aplazase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | aplazare |
| Tú | aplazares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplazare |
| Nosotros / as | aplazáremos |
| Vosotros / as | aplazareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplazaren |
| Vos | aplazares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “postpone!” and “don’t postpone!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | aplaza | no aplaces |
| Él / Ella / Usted | aplace | no aplace |
| Nosotros / as | aplacemos | no aplacemos |
| Vosotros / as | aplazad | no aplacéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | aplacen | no aplacen |
| Vos | aplazá | no aplaces |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya aplazado |
| Tú | hayas aplazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya aplazado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos aplazado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis aplazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan aplazado |
| Vos | hayas aplazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera aplazado / hubiese aplazado |
| Tú | hubieras aplazado / hubieses aplazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera aplazado / hubiese aplazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos aplazado / hubiésemos aplazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais aplazado / hubieseis aplazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran aplazado / hubiesen aplazado |
| Vos | hubieras aplazado / hubieses aplazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere aplazado |
| Tú | hubieres aplazado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere aplazado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos aplazado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis aplazado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren aplazado |
| Vos | hubieres aplazado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté aplazando |
| Tú | estés aplazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté aplazando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos aplazando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis aplazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén aplazando |
| Vos | estés aplazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera aplazando / estuviese aplazando |
| Tú | estuvieras aplazando / estuvieses aplazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera aplazando / estuviese aplazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos aplazando / estuviésamos aplazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais aplazando / estuvieseis aplazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera aplazando / estuviese aplazando |
| Vos | estuvieras aplazando / estuvieses aplazando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere aplazando |
| Tú | estuvieres aplazando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere aplazando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos aplazando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis aplazando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere aplazando |
| Vos | estuvieres aplazando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos aplazás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos aplazaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos aplazabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos aplazarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos aplazarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos aplaces |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos aplazaras / Vos aplazase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos aplazá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no aplaces |