Definizione monolingua

hesitate

hesitate (third-person singular simple present hesitates, present participle hesitating, simple past and past participle hesitated)

1. (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
   • Alexander Pope,

     He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.

2. (intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.
3. (transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
   • Alexander Pope,

     Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.

Definizione dizionario hesitate

	esitare
	To be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

titubare

nicchiare

ritardare

tardare

tentennare

Altri significati:

have loose painful bowel movement

(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking.

To stop or pause respecting decision or action

(transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

shy or flinch

(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.

To have problems articulating the words, repeting sometimes some syllables.

To stammer; to falter in speaking