titubate

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English

Etymology

Latin titubatus, past participle of titubare (“to stagger, totter”).

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Verb

titubate (third-person singular simple present titubates, present participle titubating, simple past and past participle titubated)

  1. (obsolete) To stagger
  2. (obsolete) To rock or roll, like a curved body on a plane.
  3. To stutter, stammer.
    • 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:
      They must let us alone here, we govern ourselves, we are by way of being totally autonomous. (The plethora of t’s there made his tongue titubate, but it was a brave show.)

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

titubate

  1. inflection of titubare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

titubate f pl

  1. feminine plural of titubato

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Latin

Verb

titubāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of titubō

Spanish

Verb

titubate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of titubar combined with te
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