dubito

See also dubitò

Italian

Verb

dubito

1. first-person singular present indicative of dubitare

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from the adjective dubius (“indecisive, undecided, hesitating”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈdu.bi.toː/, X-SAMPA: /"du.bi.to:/

Verb

present active dubitō, present infinitive dubitāre, perfect active dubitāvī, supine dubitātum.

1. I waver (in opinion), am uncertain, doubt, question, am in doubt.
2. I waver (in coming to a decision), hesitate, delay.
3. I reflect upon, ponder, consider, deliberate.

Inflection

First Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dubitō	dubitās	dubitat	dubitāmus	dubitātis	dubitant
	future	dubitābō	dubitābis	dubitābit	dubitābimus	dubitābitis	dubitābunt
	imperfect	dubitābam	dubitābās	dubitābat	dubitābāmus	dubitābātis	dubitābant
	perfect	dubitāvī	dubitāvistī	dubitāvit	dubitāvimus	dubitāvistis	dubitāvērunt
	future perfect	dubitāverō	dubitāveris	dubitāverit	dubitāverimus	dubitāveritis	dubitāverint
	pluperfect	dubitāveram	dubitāverās	dubitāverat	dubitāverāmus	dubitāverātis	dubitāverant
passive	present	dubitor	dubitāris	dubitātur	dubitāmur	dubitāminī	dubitantur
	future	dubitābor	dubitāberis	dubitābitur	dubitābimur	dubitābiminī	dubitābuntur
	imperfect	dubitābar	dubitābāris	dubitābātur	dubitābāmur	dubitābāminī	dubitābantur
	perfect	Use dubitātus m, dubitāta f, dubitātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use dubitātus m, dubitāta f, dubitātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use dubitātus m, dubitāta f, dubitātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dubitem	dubitēs	dubitet	dubitēmus	dubitētis	dubitent
	imperfect	dubitārem	dubitārēs	dubitāret	dubitārēmus	dubitārētis	dubitārent
	perfect	dubitāverim	dubitāverīs	dubitāverit	dubitāverīmus	dubitāverītis	dubitāverint
	pluperfect	dubitāvissem	dubitāvissēs	dubitāvisset	dubitāvissēmus	dubitāvissētis	dubitāvissent
passive	present	dubiter	dubitēris	dubitētur	dubitēmur	dubitēminī	dubitentur
	imperfect	dubitārer	dubitārēris	dubitārētur	dubitārēmur	dubitārēminī	dubitārentur
	perfect	Use dubitātus m, dubitāta f, dubitātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use dubitātus m, dubitāta f, dubitātum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	dubitā	dubitātō	dubitātō	dubitāre	dubitātor	dubitātor
	plural	dubitāte	dubitātōte	dubitantō	dubitāminī	—	dubitantor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dubitāre	dubitāvisse	dubitātūrus esse	dubitārī	dubitātus esse	dubitātum īrī
participles		dubitāns (dubitantis)	—	dubitātūrus-ra, -rum	—	dubitātus-a, -um	dubitandus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• addubitō
• dubitābilis
• dubitanter
• dubitātim
• dubitātiō

• dubitātīvus
• dubitātor
• dubitātus
• indubitō

Descendants

• Catalan: dubtar
• Dalmatian: dobitur
• English: doubt (via Old French)
• French: douter
• Italian: dubitare

• Occitan: dobtar
• Old Portuguese: dovidar
• Portuguese: duvidar
• Romanian: dubita
• Spanish: dudar