titubar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin titubāre. Compare Spanish titubear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ti.tuˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ti.tuˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ti.tuˈbaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

titubar (first-person singular present titubo, first-person singular preterite titubí, past participle titubat)

1. to titubate

   Synonym: titubejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of titubar (first conjugation)

infinitive			titubar
gerund			titubant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		titubat		titubada
		plural		titubats		titubades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	titubo	titubes	tituba	titubem	titubeu	tituben
	imperfect	titubava	titubaves	titubava	titubàvem	titubàveu	titubaven
	future	titubaré	titubaràs	titubarà	titubarem	titubareu	titubaran
	preterite	titubí	titubares	titubà	titubàrem	titubàreu	titubaren
	conditional	titubaria	titubaries	titubaria	titubaríem	titubaríeu	titubarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	titubi	titubis	titubi	titubem	titubeu	titubin
	imperfect	titubés	titubessis	titubés	titubéssim	titubéssiu	titubessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tituba	titubi	titubem	titubeu	titubin
	negative (no)	—	no titubis	no titubi	no titubem	no titubeu	no titubin

Further reading

• “titubar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “titubar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Verb

titubar (first-person singular present titubo, first-person singular preterite titubé, past participle titubado)

1. Alternative spelling of titubear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of titubar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			titubar
gerund			titubando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		titubado		titubada
		plural		titubados		titubadas
		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	titubo	titubastú titubásvos	tituba	titubamos	titubáis	tituban
	imperfect	titubaba	titubabas	titubaba	titubábamos	titubabais	titubaban
	preterite	titubé	titubaste	titubó	titubamos	titubasteis	titubaron
	future	titubaré	titubarás	titubará	titubaremos	titubaréis	titubarán
	conditional	titubaría	titubarías	titubaría	titubaríamos	titubaríais	titubarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	titube	titubestú titubésvos2	titube	titubemos	titubéis	tituben
	imperfect (ra)	titubara	titubaras	titubara	titubáramos	titubarais	titubaran
	imperfect (se)	titubase	titubases	titubase	titubásemos	titubaseis	titubasen
	future1	titubare	titubares	titubare	titubáremos	titubareis	titubaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		titubatú titubávos	titube	titubemos	titubad	tituben
	negative		no titubes	no titube	no titubemos	no titubéis	no tituben

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

    Selected combined forms of titubar

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 titubar
	dative	titubarme	titubarte	titubarle, titubarse	titubarnos	titubaros	titubarles, titubarse
	accusative	titubarme	titubarte	titubarlo, titubarla, titubarse	titubarnos	titubaros	titubarlos, titubarlas, titubarse
with gerund titubando
	dative	titubándome	titubándote	titubándole, titubándose	titubándonos	titubándoos	titubándoles, titubándose
	accusative	titubándome	titubándote	titubándolo, titubándola, titubándose	titubándonos	titubándoos	titubándolos, titubándolas, titubándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tituba
	dative	titúbame	titúbate	titúbale	titúbanos	not used	titúbales
	accusative	titúbame	titúbate	titúbalo, titúbala	titúbanos	not used	titúbalos, titúbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative titubá
	dative	titubame	titubate	titubale	titubanos	not used	titubales
	accusative	titubame	titubate	titubalo, titubala	titubanos	not used	titubalos, titubalas
with formal second-person singular imperative titube
	dative	titúbeme	not used	titúbele, titúbese	titúbenos	not used	titúbeles
	accusative	titúbeme	not used	titúbelo, titúbela, titúbese	titúbenos	not used	titúbelos, titúbelas
with first-person plural imperative titubemos
	dative	not used	titubémoste	titubémosle	titubémonos	titubémoos	titubémosles
	accusative	not used	titubémoste	titubémoslo, titubémosla	titubémonos	titubémoos	titubémoslos, titubémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative titubad
	dative	titubadme	not used	titubadle	titubadnos	titubaos	titubadles
	accusative	titubadme	not used	titubadlo, titubadla	titubadnos	titubaos	titubadlos, titubadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tituben
	dative	titúbenme	not used	titúbenle	titúbennos	not used	titúbenles, titúbense
	accusative	titúbenme	not used	titúbenlo, titúbenla	titúbennos	not used	titúbenlos, titúbenlas, titúbense

Further reading

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