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aplazamiento

postponement

noun ah-plah-sah-MYEHN-toh Rare
Time Time Expressions

Also means

deferral

Usage Note

Aplazamiento is the formal or bureaucratic postponement of an event, deadline, or obligation. The verb is aplazar. It is frequently used in legal, academic, and political contexts: solicitar un aplazamiento (to request a postponement). Synonyms include postergación and demora, though the latter implies more general delay.

Examples

"El juicio sufrió un aplazamiento de dos semanas."

Natural Translation

The trial suffered a two-week postponement.

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