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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin caespitāre (“trip, stumble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θespiˈtaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sespiˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ces‧pi‧tar
Verb
cespitar (first-person singular present cespito, first-person singular preterite cespité, past participle cespitado)
- (obsolete) to hesitate
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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