hesitar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin haesitāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ziˈta]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.ziˈtaɾ]
=== Verb ===
hesitar (first-person singular present hesito, first-person singular preterite hesití, past participle hesitat)
to hesitate
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
hesitació
=== Further reading ===
“hesitar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“hesitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“hesitar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“hesitar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Portuguese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
exitar (misspelling)
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin haesitāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: he‧si‧tar
Homophone: exitar
=== Verb ===
hesitar (first-person singular present hesito, first-person singular preterite hesitei, past participle hesitado)
to hesitate
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
hesitação
=== Further reading ===
“hesitar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“hesitar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin haesitāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /esiˈtaɾ/ [e.siˈt̪aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: he‧si‧tar
=== Verb ===
hesitar (first-person singular present hesito, first-person singular preterite hesité, past participle hesitado)
(rare) to hesitate
Synonyms: vacilar, dudar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“hesitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025