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{
"antonyms": [
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "damn the torpedoes"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"word": "decide"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"word": "brazen"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "grasp the nettle"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "go big or go home"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"word": "resolve"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "shoot first and ask questions later"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "shoot from the hip"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "shoot from the lip"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
],
"word": "shoot one's mouth off"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hesitant"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "hesitation"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "la",
"3": "haesitatus"
},
"expansion": "Latin haesitatus",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "haesitare"
},
"expansion": "haesitare",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "haerere",
"3": "",
"4": "to hesitate, stick fast;\nto hang or hold fast"
},
"expansion": "haerere (“to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wandian"
},
"expansion": "Old English wandian",
"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin haesitatus, past participle of haesitare, intensive of haerere (“to hesitate, stick fast; to hang or hold fast”). Displaced native Old English wandian.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hesitates",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hesitating",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "hesitated",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "hesitated",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "hesitate (third-person singular simple present hesitates, present participle hesitating, simple past and past participle hesitated)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"word": "doubt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"word": "stop"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"word": "pause"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"word": "think twice"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
"word": "vacillate"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "71 21 7",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Central Kurdish terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 20 6",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "62 22 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"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": "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"
},
{
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"Roman",
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{
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
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},
{
"_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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},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "váhať"
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{
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"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "vacilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "dudar"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"rare"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "titubear"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "tveka"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "magdalawang-isip"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lang-lee",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "ลังเล"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "çekinmek"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "kararsız kalmak"
},
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "kolyvátysja",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "колива́тися"
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{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"roman": "xytátysja",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "хита́тися"
},
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"_dis1": "98 1 1",
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"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vahátysja",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вага́тися"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "chần chừ"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "do dự"
}
]
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{
"_dis1": "4 94 2",
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"word": "заеквам"
},
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zaekna",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "заекна"
},
{
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"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "titubejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "zaváhat"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "stamme"
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{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "hakke i det"
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{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "epäröidä"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "zögern"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "stammeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "kekeştenu",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "кекештену"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "tūtyğu",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "тұтығу"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "jąkać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zapinátʹsja",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "запина́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "запну́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "заика́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zaiknútʹsja",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "заикну́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 97 1",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "to stammer; to falter in speaking",
"word": "hover"
}
]
},
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"ref": "a. 1724, Alexander Pope, The Ms. at Longleat",
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"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
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"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
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"(intransitive) To stammer; to falter in speaking."
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"source": "Thesaurus:hesitate",
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "taraddada",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"word": "تَرَدَّدَ"
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"code": "arz",
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"code": "hy",
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"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"
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{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "xistácca",
"sense": "to stop or pause respecting decision or action",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "хіста́цца"
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{
"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": "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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