See also: vacil·laré

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin vacillāre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /va.t͡ʃilˈla.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: va‧cil‧là‧re

Verb

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vacillàre (first-person singular present vacìllo, first-person singular past historic vacillài, past participle vacillàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to sway, to totter, to stagger along
  2. to flicker
  3. to waver, to vacillate
  4. (figurative) to fade, to diminish (e.g. of one's vision, of hopes)
  5. (figurative) to falter (e.g. of an institution)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • vacillare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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vacillāre

  1. inflection of vacillō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative