hesitar

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin haesitāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

hesitar (first-person singular present hesito, first-person singular preterite hesití, past participle hesitat)

  1. to hesitate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hesitar (first conjugation)
infinitive hesitar
gerund hesitant
past participle masculine feminine
singular hesitat hesitada
plural hesitats hesitades
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present hesito hesites hesita hesitem hesiteu hesiten
imperfect hesitava hesitaves hesitava hesitàvem hesitàveu hesitaven
future hesitaré hesitaràs hesitarà hesitarem hesitareu hesitaran
preterite hesití hesitares hesità hesitàrem hesitàreu hesitaren
conditional hesitaria hesitaries hesitaria hesitaríem hesitaríeu hesitarien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè 		nosaltres
nós 		vosaltres
vós 		ells/elles
vostès
present hesiti hesitis hesiti hesitem hesiteu hesitin
imperfect hesités hesitessis hesités hesitéssim hesitéssiu hesitessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós 		vostès
affirmative — hesita hesiti hesitem hesiteu hesitin
negative (no) — no hesitis no hesiti no hesitem no hesiteu no hesitin

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin haesitāre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: he‧si‧tar

Verb

hesitar (first-person singular present hesito, first-person singular preterite hesitei, past participle hesitado)

  1. to hesitate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hesitar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal hesitar
Personal hesitar hesitares hesitar hesitarmos hesitardes hesitarem
Gerund
hesitando
Past participle
Masculine hesitado hesitados
Feminine hesitada hesitadas
Indicative
Present hesito hesitas hesita hesitamos hesitais hesitam
Imperfect hesitava hesitavas hesitava hesitávamos hesitáveis hesitavam
Preterite hesitei hesitaste hesitou hesitamos1, hesitámos2 hesitastes hesitaram
Pluperfect hesitara hesitaras hesitara hesitáramos hesitáreis hesitaram
Future hesitarei hesitarás hesitará hesitaremos hesitareis hesitarão
Conditional hesitaria hesitarias hesitaria hesitaríamos hesitaríeis hesitariam
Subjunctive
Present hesite hesites hesite hesitemos hesiteis hesitem
Imperfect hesitasse hesitasses hesitasse hesitássemos hesitásseis hesitassem
Future hesitar hesitares hesitar hesitarmos hesitardes hesitarem
Imperative
Affirmative hesita hesite hesitemos hesitai hesitem
Negative (não) não hesites não hesite não hesitemos não hesiteis não hesitem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin haesitāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esiˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: he‧si‧tar

Verb

hesitar (first-person singular present hesito, first-person singular preterite hesité, past participle hesitado)

  1. (rare) to hesitate
    Synonyms: vacilar, dudar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hesitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive hesitar
gerund hesitando
past participle masculine feminine
singular hesitado hesitada
plural hesitados hesitadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present hesito hesitastú
hesitásvos 		hesita hesitamos hesitáis hesitan
imperfect hesitaba hesitabas hesitaba hesitábamos hesitabais hesitaban
preterite hesité hesitaste hesitó hesitamos hesitasteis hesitaron
future hesitaré hesitarás hesitará hesitaremos hesitaréis hesitarán
conditional hesitaría hesitarías hesitaría hesitaríamos hesitaríais hesitarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present hesite hesitestú
hesitésvos2 		hesite hesitemos hesitéis hesiten
imperfect
(ra) 		hesitara hesitaras hesitara hesitáramos hesitarais hesitaran
imperfect
(se) 		hesitase hesitases hesitase hesitásemos hesitaseis hesitasen
future1 hesitare hesitares hesitare hesitáremos hesitareis hesitaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative hesitatú
hesitávos 		hesite hesitemos hesitad hesiten
negative no hesites no hesite no hesitemos no hesitéis no hesiten

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of hesitar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive hesitar
dative hesitarme hesitarte hesitarle, hesitarse hesitarnos hesitaros hesitarles, hesitarse
accusative hesitarme hesitarte hesitarlo, hesitarla, hesitarse hesitarnos hesitaros hesitarlos, hesitarlas, hesitarse
with gerund hesitando
dative hesitándome hesitándote hesitándole, hesitándose hesitándonos hesitándoos hesitándoles, hesitándose
accusative hesitándome hesitándote hesitándolo, hesitándola, hesitándose hesitándonos hesitándoos hesitándolos, hesitándolas, hesitándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hesita
dative hesítame hesítate hesítale hesítanos not used hesítales
accusative hesítame hesítate hesítalo, hesítala hesítanos not used hesítalos, hesítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative hesitá
dative hesitame hesitate hesitale hesitanos not used hesitales
accusative hesitame hesitate hesitalo, hesitala hesitanos not used hesitalos, hesitalas
with formal second-person singular imperative hesite
dative hesíteme not used hesítele, hesítese hesítenos not used hesíteles
accusative hesíteme not used hesítelo, hesítela, hesítese hesítenos not used hesítelos, hesítelas
with first-person plural imperative hesitemos
dative not used hesitémoste hesitémosle hesitémonos hesitémoos hesitémosles
accusative not used hesitémoste hesitémoslo, hesitémosla hesitémonos hesitémoos hesitémoslos, hesitémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative hesitad
dative hesitadme not used hesitadle hesitadnos hesitaos hesitadles
accusative hesitadme not used hesitadlo, hesitadla hesitadnos hesitaos hesitadlos, hesitadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hesiten
dative hesítenme not used hesítenle hesítennos not used hesítenles, hesítense
accusative hesítenme not used hesítenlo, hesítenla hesítennos not used hesítenlos, hesítenlas, hesítense

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