"tergiversare" meaning in Italian

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Verb

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tergiversārī. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|la|tergiversor|tergiversārī}} Borrowed from Latin tergiversārī Head templates: {{it-verb|a/è}} tergiversàre (first-person singular present tergivèrso, first-person singular past historic tergiversài, past participle tergiversàto, auxiliary avére), {{tlb|it|intransitive}} (intransitive) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a/è}} Forms: tergiversàre [canonical], tergivèrso [first-person, present, singular], tergiversài [first-person, historic, past, singular], tergiversàto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], tergiversàre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], tergiversàndo [gerund], tergiversànte [participle, present], tergiversàto [participle, past], tergivèrso [first-person, indicative, present, singular], tergivèrsi [indicative, present, second-person, singular], tergivèrsa [indicative, present, singular, third-person], tergiversiàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], tergiversàte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], tergivèrsano [indicative, plural, present, third-person], tergiversàvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], tergiversàvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], tergiversàva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], tergiversavàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], tergiversavàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], tergiversàvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], tergiversài [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], tergiversàsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], tergiversò [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], tergiversàmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], tergiversàste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], tergiversàrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], tergiverserò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], tergiverserài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], tergiverserà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], tergiverserémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], tergiverseréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], tergiverserànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], tergiverserèi [conditional, first-person, singular], tergiverserésti [conditional, second-person, singular], tergiverserèbbe [conditional, singular, third-person], tergiverserébbe [conditional, singular, third-person], tergiverserémmo [conditional, first-person, plural], tergiverseréste [conditional, plural, second-person], tergiverserèbbero [conditional, plural, third-person], tergiverserébbero [conditional, plural, third-person], tergivèrsi [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], tergivèrsi [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], tergivèrsi [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], tergiversiàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], tergiversiàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], tergivèrsino [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], tergiversàssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], tergiversàssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], tergiversàsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], tergiversàssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], tergiversàste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], tergiversàssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], tergivèrsa [imperative, second-person, singular], tergivèrsi [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], tergiversiàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], tergiversàte [imperative, plural, second-person], tergivèrsino [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], tergiversàre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], tergivèrsi [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], tergiversiàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], tergiversàte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], tergivèrsino [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. to hesitate; to beat around the bush; to prevaricate Tags: intransitive Synonyms: temporeggiare, nicchiare
    Sense id: en-tergiversare-it-verb-CoZIIE6x Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -are, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 56 44 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -are: 52 48 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
  2. (archaic) to turn one's shoulders at or towards the enemy Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-tergiversare-it-verb-Bn0BEvxP Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian verbs ending in -are, Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -are: 52 48 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tergiversatore, tergiversazione

Inflected forms

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      "form": "tergiversàndo",
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      "form": "tergiversànte",
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        "present",
        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "tergiversàvano",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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        "past",
        "singular"
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      "form": "tergiversàsti",
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "past",
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      "form": "tergiverserò",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "indicative",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "tergiverserà",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserémo",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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      "form": "tergiverserànno",
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        "third-person"
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        "first-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "tergiverserésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserébbe",
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        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "tergiverserémmo",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
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      "form": "tergiverserèbbero",
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        "third-person"
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    {
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        "present",
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "tergivèrsi",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "tergivèrsi",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "tergiversiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversiàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsino",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàssi",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "tergiversàsse",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tergiversàste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "tergiversàre",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "tergivèrsi",
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    {
      "form": "tergiversiàmo",
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    {
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        "second-person"
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    },
    {
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        "to turn one's shoulders at or towards the enemy"
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        "(archaic) to turn one's shoulders at or towards the enemy"
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}

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    {
      "form": "avére",
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        "auxiliary"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "form": "tergiversàre",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avére",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàndo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversànte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrso",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàvo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàvi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversavàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversavàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàvano",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàsti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàmmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàrono",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserò",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserài",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserémo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverseréte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserànno",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserèi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserésti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserèbbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserébbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserémmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverseréste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserèbbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiverserébbero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversiàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsino",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàssi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàsse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàssimo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàssero",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsino",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversiàmo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergiversàte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tergivèrsino",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/è"
      },
      "expansion": "tergiversàre (first-person singular present tergivèrso, first-person singular past historic tergiversài, past participle tergiversàto, auxiliary avére)",
      "name": "it-verb"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "intransitive"
      },
      "expansion": "(intransitive)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "a/è"
      },
      "name": "it-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tergiversatore"
    },
    {
      "word": "tergiversazione"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to hesitate; to beat around the bush; to prevaricate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hesitate",
          "hesitate"
        ],
        [
          "beat around the bush",
          "beat around the bush"
        ],
        [
          "prevaricate",
          "prevaricate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "temporeggiare"
        },
        {
          "word": "nicchiare"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to turn one's shoulders at or towards the enemy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn"
        ],
        [
          "shoulder",
          "shoulder"
        ],
        [
          "enemy",
          "enemy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to turn one's shoulders at or towards the enemy"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tergiversare"
}

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