deferment

la prórroga

deferment(

dih

fuhr

mihnt

)

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

noun

1. (military)

a. la prórroga

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

He was granted a deferment so he could finish his degree, but the war ended before he graduated.Se le concedió una prórroga para poder acabar su título, pero la guerra terminó antes de que graduara.

2. (postponement)

a. el aplazamiento

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

The bank gave her a deferment on her mortgage payments when she had her accident.El banco le dio un aplazamiento en sus pagos de hipoteca cuando tuvo su accidente.

b. la prórroga

(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(F)

He asked the professor for a deferment of his final exam while recovering from pneumonia.Le pidió al profesor una prórroga de su examen final mientras se recuperaba de la neumonía.

deferment

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (general)

a. el aplazamiento

(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).

(M)

deferment [dɪˈfɜːmənt]

deferral [dɪˈfɜːrəl]

noun

(postponement) aplazamiento (m); (Mil) prórroga (f);

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