No quiero posponer otra vez la reunión sobre mi expediente, porque el plazo termina el lunes.

I do not want to postpone the meeting about my file again, because the deadline ends on Monday.

Breakdown of No quiero posponer otra vez la reunión sobre mi expediente, porque el plazo termina el lunes.

• yo: I
• querer: to want
• mi: my
• porque: because

Questions & Answers about No quiero posponer otra vez la reunión sobre mi expediente, porque el plazo termina el lunes.

Why is it No quiero posponer and not No quiero pospongo?

Because after querer (to want), Spanish normally uses an infinitive.

• quiero posponer = I want to postpone
• not quiero pospongo

So the pattern is:

• querer + infinitive
• No quiero salir
• Queremos hablar
• No quieren esperar

In your sentence, No quiero posponer otra vez... means I don’t want to postpone again...

What exactly does posponer mean, and is it a common word?

Posponer means to postpone, to put off, or to delay until later.

It is a correct and fairly common word, especially in more formal or neutral Spanish. In everyday speech, learners may also hear:

• aplazar = to postpone
• retrasar = to delay

The differences are small here:

• posponer la reunión = postpone the meeting
• aplazar la reunión = postpone the meeting
• retrasar la reunión = delay the meeting

In this sentence, posponer sounds perfectly natural.