indefinidamente

indefinitely

adverb een-deh-fee-nee-dah-MEN-teh Rare

Usage Note

Indefinidamente signals that no fixed endpoint has been set, and is used after verbs of continuing, postponing, or suspending: aplazado indefinidamente ('postponed indefinitely'). It is a transparent compound of indefinido + -mente and presents no false-friend risk for English speakers. In formal writing it often follows the past participle in a passive construction, making pospuesto indefinidamente a very common journalistic collocation.

Examples

"El proyecto fue aplazado indefinidamente."

Natural Translation

The project was postponed indefinitely.

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