titubear

v.

1 to hesitate.

María titubea siempre Mary hesitates always.

2 to totter, to stagger, to be unsteady on one's feet, to waver.

María titubeaba al salir del bar Mary tottered when coming out of the bar.

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titubear

► verbo intransitivo

1 (tambalearse) to stagger, totter, shake

2 (tartamudear) to stammer

3 figurado (vacilar) to hesitate

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verb

1) to stammer

2) hesitate

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VI

1) (=vacilar) to hesitate, vacillate

no titubear en hacer algo — not to hesitate to do sth

respondió sin titubear — he answered without hesitation

2) (=balbucear) to stutter

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verbo intransitivo

a) (dudar, vacilar) to hesitate

sin titubear — without hesitation

b) (balbucear) to stutter

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= flounder, hesitate, dither, vacillate.

Ex. I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.

Ex. Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.

Ex. The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.

Ex. Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.

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* sin titubear = unswervingly.

* titubeando = hesitantly.

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verbo intransitivo

a) (dudar, vacilar) to hesitate

sin titubear — without hesitation

b) (balbucear) to stutter

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= flounder, hesitate, dither, vacillate.

Ex: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.

Ex: Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.

Ex: The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = La Junta Directiva ha estado dudando si controlar o no la elección del siguiente director ejecutivo.

Ex: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.

* sin titubear = unswervingly.

* titubeando = hesitantly.

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titubear [A1 ]

vi

1 (dudar, vacilar) to hesitate

no titubeó un instante en aceptar he didn't hesitate for a moment before accepting

contestó sin titubear he replied without hesitation

2 (balbucear) to stutter

titubeó antes de responder he stuttered before he could get his reply out

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titubear (conjugate titubear) verbo intransitivo

a) (dudar, vacilar) to hesitate;

◊ sin titubear without hesitation

b) (balbucear) to stutter

titubear verbo intransitivo
1 (mostrarse indeciso) to hesitate
2 (balbucear) to stammer, get tongue-tied
'titubear' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
vacilar
English:
dither
- falter
- hesitate
- waver

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titubear vi

[dudar] to hesitate; [al hablar] to falter, to hesitate

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titubear

v/i waver, hesitate

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titubear vi

1) : to hesitate

2) : to stutter, to stammer

♦ titubeante adj