See also: vacil·laré

Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin vacillāre.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

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Further reading edit

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

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Latin edit

Verb edit

vacillāre

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