hesitate

Etymology
, past participle of, intensive of. Displaced native.

Verb

 * 1)  To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
 * 2) * September 1, 1742,, letter to Racine
 * I shall not hesitate to declare myself very cordially, in regard to some particulars about which you have desired an answer.
 * 1)  To stammer; to falter in speaking.
 * 2)  To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.
 * 1)  To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner.

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

 * ,, , , ; see also Thesaurus:hesitate

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: اتردد
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: tərəddüd etmək
 * Bashkir: икеләнеү
 * Basque: zalantzan egon
 * Belarusian: хіста́цца, вага́цца
 * Bulgarian: колеба́я се, двоумя се, чудя се
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, , , have/nære er
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto: heziti
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ὀκνέω, αἰσχύνομαι, φοβέομαι
 * Hebrew: היסס
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: баяулату, күмәндану, бұраландау, дүдәмал болу
 * Khmer:, , , , ,
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: دوودڵ بوون
 * Latin: haesitō,
 * Lithuanian:, svyruoti
 * Luxembourgish: zécken
 * Macedonian: се колеба
 * Maori: tawhitawhi, kōrapa
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: nøle med å
 * Bokmål:
 * Old English: wandian
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: iskayyay
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: swither
 * Scottish Gaelic: sòr
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: оклевати (Ekavian), оклијевати (Ijekavian), колебати, поколебати, двоумити, нећкати
 * Roman: (Ekavian),  (Ijekavian),, , ,  nećkati
 * Sicilian: trantulijari
 * Slovak: váhať
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: magdalawang-isip
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, kararsız kalmak
 * Ukrainian: колива́тися, хита́тися,
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Bulgarian:, заекна
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, hakke i det
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Kazakh: кекештену, тұтығу
 * Polish:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scots: hover


 * Latin:
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,