Breakdown of El peligro es inminente, pero él decide postergar el trabajo.
ser
to be
él
he
pero
but
decidir
to decide
el trabajo
the work
el peligro
the danger
inminente
imminent
postergar
to postpone
Questions & Answers about El peligro es inminente, pero él decide postergar el trabajo.
Since this lesson covers reassurance with 'ya' and the future tense, how could we add a follow-up sentence saying 'He will do the work eventually'?
Why is there no preposition between decide and postergar?
The verb decidir connects directly to a following infinitive without any preposition. However, it is easy to mix this up with its reflexive form, decidirse (to make up one's mind), which does require the preposition a. If the sentence used the reflexive, it would be él se decide a postergar el trabajo.
Can I use posponer instead of postergar in this sentence?
Yes, posponer and postergar both mean 'to postpone' or 'to put off' and are entirely interchangeable here. Postergar is very common in Latin American Spanish for talking about delaying tasks, appointments, or decisions.
Why is it es inminente rather than está inminente, given that the danger will presumably pass?
Even though the danger might be a temporary situation, inminente describes the defining characteristic or nature of the threat at this moment. Adjectives that classify the nature of an event or abstract concept (like inminente, inevitable, or necesario) almost always pair with ser.
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