aplazasteis

Aplazasteis is the second-person plural preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb aplazar. It means “you all postponed” or “you postponed” when the subject is vosotros, the informal plural you. This form is standard in Spain and in contexts where the vosotros form is used.

Aplazar is a regular -ar verb. In the preterite tense for vosotros the ending is -asteis, giving aplazasteis. The full preterite conjugation is: yo aplazé, tú aplazaste, él/ella/usted aplazó, nosotros aplazamos, vosotros aplazasteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes aplazaron. The meaning remains “to postpone” or “to defer” a decision, event, or task.

Usage-wise, aplazasteis indicates a postponement that was decided in the past. It is commonly followed by a direct object specifying what was postponed, as in “Aplazasteis la reunión” (you postponed the meeting), and can be accompanied by a time expression such as “para la próxima semana” or “hasta mañana.” In Spain, this form is prevalent due to the cortecia of the vosotros form; in many Latin American varieties, the ustedes form is used instead, yielding “aplazaron.”

Related terms include the noun “aplazamiento” (postponement) and the synonym “posponer.” Pronunciation varies regionally: Castilian Spanish often uses the “z” as /θ/, whereas in Latin American dialects it is pronounced as /s/.