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aplazado

postponed

adjective ah-plah-SAH-doh Rare
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Also means

deferred

Usage Note

Aplazado is the past participle of aplazar ('to postpone') used as an adjective, common in administrative, academic, and sporting contexts. In Spain, a student who has not passed an exam is sometimes informally said to be aplazado, and a deferred payment is pago aplazado. It contrasts with cancelado ('cancelled') — aplazado implies the event will eventually happen, just later.

Examples

"El partido quedó aplazado por la lluvia."

Natural Translation

The match was postponed because of the rain.

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