English Alternative forms Etymology From (deprecated template usage ) [etyl] Latin haesitātiōnem haesitātiō ( “ hesitating, stammering ” ) , from haesitō ( “ hesitate ” ) .
Pronunciation Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95 : Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E . IPA (key ) : /hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Noun hesitation (countable and uncountable plural hesitations
An act of hesitating
doubt ; vacillation .
She carried out the order without hesitation .
A faltering in speech; stammering . Related terms Translations act of hesitating
Bulgarian: колебание (bg) n ( kolebanie ) , нерешителност (bg) f ( nerešitelnost )
Catalan: hesitació f vacil·lació (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 躊躇 ／ 踌躇 (zh) ( chóuchú ) , 踌躇 (zh) ( chóuchú ) , 猶豫 ／ 犹豫 (zh) ( yóuyù ) , 犹豫 (zh) ( yóuyù ) , 遲疑 ／ 迟疑 (zh) ( chíyí ) , 迟疑 (zh) ( chíyí ) , 彷徨 (zh) ( pánghuáng )
Czech: váhání n
Dutch: aarzeling (nl)
Finnish: empiminen epäröinti (fi)
French: hésitation (fr) f
Galician: vacilación (gl) f
German: Zögern n
Greek: δισταγμός (el) m ( distagmós )
Ancient: ὄκνος m ( óknos )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Indonesian: keragu-raguan
Italian: esitazione (it) f
Japanese: 躊躇 (ja) ( chūcho ) , ためらい (ja) ( tamerai )
Latin: cunctātiō f haesitātiō f
Luxembourgish: Zécken n
Polish: wahanie (pl) n niezdecydowanie (pl) n
Portuguese: hesitação (pt) f
Romanian: ezitare (ro) f șovăială (ro) f
Russian: нереши́тельность (ru) f ( nerešítelʹnostʹ )
Scottish Gaelic: sgogarsaich f sòradh m
Spanish: hesitación f vacilación (es) f dudas (es) f pl titubeo (es) m
Swedish: tvekan (sv) c
