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hesitate

English

  1. 🔊 pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    “Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures”
  2. 🔊 interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing
    “The speaker paused”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cespitar to hesitate
  2. 🔊 hesitar to hesitate
  3. 🔊 titubear to hesitate
  4. 🔊 vacilar to hesitate, waver, dither (UK), vacillate

Similar words

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