hesitar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin haesitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ziˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [e.ziˈtaɾ]

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

Related terms

• hesitació

Further reading

• “hesitar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “hesitar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin haesitāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ziˈta(ʁ)/ [e.ziˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ziˈta(ʁ)/ [e.ziˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.ziˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.ziˈta(ʁ)/ [e.ziˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.ziˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ziˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ziˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.ziˈta.ɾi/

• 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.

Related terms

• hesitação

Further reading

• “hesitar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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)

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

Related terms

• hesitación

 

Further reading

• “hesitar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014