"hesitate" meaning in English

See hesitate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɛz.ɪ.teɪt/ [UK], /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/ [US], /ˈhez.ə.tæɪt/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hesitate.wav Forms: hesitates [present, singular, third-person], hesitating [participle, present], hesitated [participle, past], hesitated [past]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin haesitatus, past participle of haesitare, intensive of haerere (“to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast”). Displaced native Old English wandian. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|haesitatus}} Learned borrowing from Latin haesitatus, {{ncog|ang|wandian}} Old English wandian Head templates: {{en-verb}} hesitate (third-person singular simple present hesitates, present participle hesitating, simple past and past participle hesitated)
  1. (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to stop respecting decision or action): demur Translations (to stop or pause respecting decision or action): ὀκνέω (oknéō) (Ancient Greek), αἰσχύνομαι (aiskhúnomai) (Ancient Greek), φοβέομαι (phobéomai) (Ancient Greek), تَرَدَّدَ (taraddada) (Arabic), اتردد (etraded) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), վարանել (varanel) (Armenian), տատանվել (tatanvel) (Armenian), tərəddüd etmək (Azerbaijani), икеләнеү (ikelənew) (Bashkir), zalantzan egon (Basque), хіста́цца (xistácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), вага́цца (vahácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), колеба́я се (kolebája se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), двоумя се (dvoumja se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), чудя се (čudja se) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), hesitar (Catalan), dubtar (Catalan), دوودڵ بوون (dûdill bûn) (Central Kurdish), 猶豫 (Chinese Mandarin), 犹豫 (yóuyù) (Chinese Mandarin), 躊躇 (Chinese Mandarin), 踌躇 (chóuchú) (Chinese Mandarin), 遲疑 (Chinese Mandarin), 迟疑 (chíyí) (Chinese Mandarin), váhat [imperfective] (Czech), aarzelen (Dutch), s-i-in:n-D54 (sjnj) (Egyptian), heziti (Esperanto), epäröidä (Finnish), aikailla (Finnish), empiä (Finnish), viivytellä (Finnish), vitkastella (Finnish), hésiter (French), zögern (German), διστάζω (distázo) (Greek), היסס (hisés) (Hebrew), tétovázik (Hungarian), habozik (Hungarian), hezitál (Hungarian), ragu (Indonesian), esitare (Italian), titubare (Italian), ためらう (tamerau) (Japanese), 躊躇する (chūcho suru) (alt: ちゅうちょする) (Japanese), 躊躇う (tamerau) (Japanese), баяулату (baäulatu) (Kazakh), күмәндану (kümändanu) (Kazakh), бұраландау (būralandau) (Kazakh), дүдәмал болу (düdämal bolu) (Kazakh), ទីមទាម (tiimtiəm) (Khmer), ទីទើរ (tiitəə) (Khmer), តេងតាង (teengtaang) (Khmer), ញីញញូញ (ñiiññuuñ) (Khmer), ច្រេញច្រុញ (crəñcroñ) (Khmer), ច្រិមច្រុម (crəmcrom) (Khmer), 망설이다 (mangseorida) (Korean), haesitō (Latin), dubito (Latin), dvejoti [imperfective] (Lithuanian), svyruoti [imperfective] (Lithuanian), zécken (Luxembourgish), се колеба (se koleba) [imperfective] (Macedonian), tawhitawhi (Maori), kōrapa (Maori), nøle med å (Norwegian), nøle (Norwegian Bokmål), wandian (Old English), wahać się [imperfective] (Polish), hesitar (Portuguese), vacilar (Portuguese), titubear (Portuguese), iskayyay (Quechua), ezita (Romanian), șovăi (Romanian), pregeta (Romanian), a se codi (Romanian), колеба́ться (kolebátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), ме́длить (médlitʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сомнева́ться (somnevátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), swither (Scots), sòr (Scottish Gaelic), оклевати [Cyrillic, Ekavian, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), оклијевати [Cyrillic, Ijekavian, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), колебати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), поколебати [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), двоумити [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), нећкати [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), oklevati [Ekavian, Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), oklijevati [Ijekavian, Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), kolebati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), pokolebati [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), dvoumiti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), nećkati [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), trantulijari (Sicilian), váhať [imperfective] (Slovak), vacilar (Spanish), dudar (Spanish), hesitar [rare] (Spanish), titubear (Spanish), tveka (Swedish), magdalawang-isip (Tagalog), ลังเล (lang-lee) (Thai), çekinmek (Turkish), kararsız kalmak (Turkish), колива́тися (kolyvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), хита́тися (xytátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), вага́тися (vahátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), chần chừ (Vietnamese), do dự (Vietnamese)
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  2. (intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to falter in speaking): balbucinate, balbutiate, falter, hem, haw, stammer, stutter Translations (to stammer; to falter in speaking): заеквам (zaekvam) (Bulgarian), заекна (zaekna) (Bulgarian), titubejar (Catalan), zaváhat (Czech), stamme (Danish), hakke i det (Danish), epäröidä (Finnish), zögern (German), stammeln (German), кекештену (kekeştenu) (Kazakh), тұтығу (tūtyğu) (Kazakh), jąkać się (Polish), запина́ться (zapinátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), запну́ться (zapnútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), заика́ться (zaikátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), заикну́ться (zaiknútʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), hover (Scots)
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  3. (transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner. Tags: poetic, rare, transitive Synonyms (to utter with hesitation): falter
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: doubt, stop, pause Derived forms: hesitant, hesitation Related terms: think twice, vacillate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "_dis": "53 34 12",
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        {
          "_dis": "49 41 11",
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        {
          "_dis": "54 34 12",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 35 12",
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        },
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          "_dis": "52 37 12",
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          "name": "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He hesitated whether to accept the offer or not; men often hesitate in forming a judgment.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "September 1, 1742, Alexander Pope, letter to Racine\nI shall not hesitate to declare myself very cordially, in regard to some particulars about which you have desired an answer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination."
      ],
      "id": "en-hesitate-en-verb-Nw086OnB",
      "links": [
        [
          "respecting",
          "respecting"
        ],
        [
          "decision",
          "decision"
        ],
        [
          "suspense",
          "suspense"
        ],
        [
          "uncertainty",
          "uncertainty"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 3 1",
          "sense": "to stop respecting decision or action",
          "word": "demur"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taraddada",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "تَرَدَّدَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "etraded",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "اتردد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "varanel",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "վարանել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tatanvel",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "տատանվել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "tərəddüd etmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "ikelənew",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "икеләнеү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "zalantzan egon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "xistácca",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "хіста́цца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vahácca",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вага́цца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "kolebája se",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "колеба́я се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dvoumja se",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "двоумя се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "čudja se",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "чудя се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "hesitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "dubtar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "猶豫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yóuyù",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "犹豫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "躊躇"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chóuchú",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "踌躇"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "遲疑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chíyí",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "迟疑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "váhat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "aarzelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "sjnj",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "s-i-in:n-D54"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "heziti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "epäröidä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "aikailla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "empiä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "viivytellä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "vitkastella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "hésiter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "zögern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "distázo",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "διστάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "oknéō",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "ὀκνέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "aiskhúnomai",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "αἰσχύνομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "phobéomai",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "φοβέομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hisés",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "היסס"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "tétovázik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "habozik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "hezitál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "ragu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "esitare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "titubare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tamerau",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "ためらう"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "alt": "ちゅうちょする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "chūcho suru",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "躊躇する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tamerau",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "躊躇う"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "baäulatu",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "баяулату"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kümändanu",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "күмәндану"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "būralandau",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "бұраландау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "düdämal bolu",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "дүдәмал болу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tiimtiəm",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "ទីមទាម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "tiitəə",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "ទីទើរ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "teengtaang",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "តេងតាង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ñiiññuuñ",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "ញីញញូញ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "crəñcroñ",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "ច្រេញច្រុញ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "crəmcrom",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "ច្រិមច្រុម"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mangseorida",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "망설이다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "dûdill bûn",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "دوودڵ بوون"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "haesitō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "dubito"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "dvejoti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "svyruoti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "lb",
          "lang": "Luxembourgish",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "zécken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se koleba",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "се колеба"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "tawhitawhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "kōrapa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "nøle med å"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "nøle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "wandian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wahać się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "hesitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "vacilar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "titubear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "iskayyay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "ezita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "șovăi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "pregeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "a se codi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kolebátʹsja",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "колеба́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "médlitʹ",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ме́длить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "somnevátʹsja",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сомнева́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "swither"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "word": "sòr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "Ekavian",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "оклевати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "Ijekavian",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "оклијевати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "колебати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "поколебати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "двоумити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "нећкати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Ekavian",
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "oklevati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Ijekavian",
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "oklijevati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "кекештену"
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          "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
          "word": "тұтығу"
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          "word": "jąkać się"
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          "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
          "tags": [
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        "(transitive, poetic, rare) To utter with hesitation or to intimate by a reluctant manner."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to stop respecting decision or action",
      "word": "demur"
    },
    {
      "word": "falter"
    },
    {
      "word": "mammer"
    },
    {
      "word": "scruple"
    },
    {
      "word": "waver"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to falter in speaking",
      "word": "balbucinate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to falter in speaking",
      "word": "balbutiate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to falter in speaking",
      "word": "falter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to falter in speaking",
      "word": "hem"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to falter in speaking",
      "word": "haw"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to falter in speaking",
      "word": "stammer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to falter in speaking",
      "word": "stutter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to utter with hesitation",
      "word": "falter"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "hæsitate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
      "word": "boggle"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
      "word": "deliberate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
      "word": "dither"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
      "word": "hesitate"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
      "word": "hover"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
      "word": "stand shilly-shally"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
      "word": "stick"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "swither"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taraddada",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "تَرَدَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "etraded",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "اتردد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "varanel",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "վարանել"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tatanvel",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "տատանվել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "tərəddüd etmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ikelənew",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "икеләнеү"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "zalantzan egon"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "xistácca",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "хіста́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vahácca",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вага́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kolebája se",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "колеба́я се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dvoumja se",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "двоумя се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čudja se",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "чудя се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "hesitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "dubtar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "猶豫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yóuyù",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "犹豫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "躊躇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chóuchú",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "踌躇"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "遲疑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chíyí",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "迟疑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "váhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "aarzelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "sjnj",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "s-i-in:n-D54"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "heziti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "epäröidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "aikailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "empiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "viivytellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "vitkastella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "hésiter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "zögern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "distázo",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "διστάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "oknéō",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ὀκνέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "aiskhúnomai",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "αἰσχύνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phobéomai",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "φοβέομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hisés",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "היסס"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "tétovázik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "habozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "hezitál"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ragu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "esitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "titubare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tamerau",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ためらう"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゅうちょする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chūcho suru",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "躊躇する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tamerau",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "躊躇う"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "baäulatu",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "баяулату"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kümändanu",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "күмәндану"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "būralandau",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "бұраландау"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "düdämal bolu",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "дүдәмал болу"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tiimtiəm",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ទីមទាម"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "tiitəə",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ទីទើរ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "teengtaang",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "តេងតាង"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ñiiññuuñ",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ញីញញូញ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "crəñcroñ",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ច្រេញច្រុញ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "crəmcrom",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ច្រិមច្រុម"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mangseorida",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "망설이다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "dûdill bûn",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "دوودڵ بوون"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "haesitō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "dubito"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dvejoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "svyruoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "zécken"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se koleba",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "се колеба"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "tawhitawhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "kōrapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "nøle med å"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "nøle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "wandian"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wahać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "hesitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "vacilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "titubear"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "iskayyay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ezita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "șovăi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "pregeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "a se codi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolebátʹsja",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "колеба́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "médlitʹ",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ме́длить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "somnevátʹsja",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сомнева́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "swither"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "sòr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ekavian",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оклевати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ijekavian",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оклијевати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "колебати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "поколебати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "двоумити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "нећкати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Ekavian",
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oklevati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Ijekavian",
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oklijevati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kolebati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "pokolebati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dvoumiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "nećkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "trantulijari"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "váhať"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "vacilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "dudar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "hesitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "titubear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "tveka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "magdalawang-isip"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lang-lee",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "ลังเล"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "çekinmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "kararsız kalmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolyvátysja",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "колива́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xytátysja",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "хита́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vahátysja",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вага́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "chần chừ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
      "word": "do dự"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaekvam",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "заеквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zaekna",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "заекна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "titubejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "zaváhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "stamme"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "hakke i det"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "epäröidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "zögern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "stammeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kekeştenu",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "кекештену"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "tūtyğu",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "тұтығу"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "jąkać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapinátʹsja",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запина́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapnútʹsja",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запну́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaikátʹsja",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заика́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaiknútʹsja",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "заикну́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
      "word": "hover"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hesitate"
}

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