Hesitate

//ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt//

Synonyms for "hesitate" (115 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Strong matches (35)

Related words (57)

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4 entries

Synonyms

14 entries

Related terms

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derived

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entails

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manner of

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related to

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Translations

131 translations across 56 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • druaj verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • αἰσχύνομαι verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • φοβέομαι verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • ὀκνέω verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اتردد verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • تَرَدَّدَ verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Armenian

2 entries
  • վարանել verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • տատանվել verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • tərəddüd etmək verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • икеләнеү verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Basque

1 entries
  • zalantzan egon verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • вага́цца verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • хіста́цца verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • двоумя се verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • заеквам verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • заекна verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • колеба́я се verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Catalan

3 entries
  • dubtar verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • hesitar verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • titubejar verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • دوودڵ بوون verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 猶豫 /犹豫 verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • 躊躇 /踌躇 verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • 遲疑 /迟疑 verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Czech

2 entries
  • váhat verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • zaváhat verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)

Danish

2 entries
  • hakke i det verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • stamme verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)

Dutch

1 entries
  • aarzelen verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • s-i-in:n-D54 verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • heziti verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aikailla verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • empiä verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • epäröidä verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • epäröidä verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)

French

2 entries
  • hésiter verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • hésiter verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)

Galician

1 entries
  • dubidar verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

German

3 entries
  • stammeln verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • zögern verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • zögern verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)

Greek

1 entries
  • διστάζω verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • היסס verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • habozik verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • hezitál verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • tétovázik verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • ragu verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Italian

2 entries
  • esitare verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • titubare verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ためらう verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • 躊躇う verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • 躊躇する verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • баяулату verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • бұраландау verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • дүдәмал болу verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • кекештену verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)

Khmer

4 entries
  • ច្រិមច្រុម verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • ច្រេញច្រុញ verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • ញីញញូញ verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • តេងតាង verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Korean

1 entries
  • 망설이다 verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Latin

2 entries
  • dubito verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • haesitō verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • dvejoti verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • svyruoti verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • zécken verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • се колеба verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Māori

2 entries
  • kōrapa verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • tawhitawhi verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • nøle med å verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • nøle verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Old English

1 entries
  • wandian verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Polish

2 entries
  • jąkać się verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • wahać się verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • hesitar verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • titubear verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • vacilar verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Quechua

1 entries
  • iskayyay verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Romanian

4 entries
  • a se codi verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • ezita verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • pregeta verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • șovăi verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Russian

4 entries
  • заика́ться verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • заикну́ться verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • запина́ться verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • запну́ться verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)

Scots

2 entries
  • hover verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • swither verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • sòr verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dvoumiti verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • kolebati verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • nećkati verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • oklevati verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • trantulijari verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Slovak

1 entries
  • váhať verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Spanish

4 entries
  • dudar verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • hesitar verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • titubear verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • vacilar verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Swedish

1 entries
  • tveka verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • magdalawang-isip verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Tamil

3 entries
  • குழறு verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)
  • தயங்கு verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • திக்கு verb (to stammer; to falter in speaking)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลังเล verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kararsız kalmak verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • tereddüt etmek verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • çekinmek verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • вага́тися verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • колива́тися verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • хита́тися verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • chần chừ verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)
  • do dự verb (to stop or pause respecting decision or action)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Reporters do not hesitate to intrude into people's privacy.

Source: tatoeba (20190)

By and large, reporters don't hesitate to intrude on one's privacy.

Source: tatoeba (21824)

Never hesitate to tell the truth.

Source: tatoeba (24851)

Don't hesitate to tell me if you need anything.

Source: tatoeba (25037)

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