titubear

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.tuˈbjaɾ/ [ti.tuˈβjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.tuˈbjaɾ/ [ti.tuˈβjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.tuˈbja.ɾi/ [ti.tuˈβja.ɾi]

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.tuˈbjaɾ/ [ti.tuˈβjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.tuˈbjaɾ/ [ti.tuˈβjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ti.tuˈbja.ɾi/ [ti.tuˈβja.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: ti‧tu‧be‧ar

Verb

titubear (first-person singular present titubeio, first-person singular preterite titubeei, past participle titubeado)

1. (intransitive) to stutter
2. (intransitive) to hesitate
3. (intransitive) to stumble

Conjugation

    Conjugation of titubear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	titubear
Personal	titubear	titubeares	titubear	titubearmos	titubeardes	titubearem
Gerund
	titubeando
Past participle
Masculine	titubeado			titubeados
Feminine	titubeada			titubeadas
Indicative
Present	titubeio	titubeias	titubeia	titubeamos	titubeais	titubeiam
Imperfect	titubeava	titubeavas	titubeava	titubeávamos	titubeáveis	titubeavam
Preterite	titubeei	titubeaste	titubeou	titubeamos1, titubeámos2	titubeastes	titubearam
Pluperfect	titubeara	titubearas	titubeara	titubeáramos	titubeáreis	titubearam
Future	titubearei	titubearás	titubeará	titubearemos	titubeareis	titubearão
Conditional	titubearia	titubearias	titubearia	titubearíamos	titubearíeis	titubeariam
Subjunctive
Present	titubeie	titubeies	titubeie	titubeemos	titubeeis	titubeiem
Imperfect	titubeasse	titubeasses	titubeasse	titubeássemos	titubeásseis	titubeassem
Future	titubear	titubeares	titubear	titubearmos	titubeardes	titubearem
Imperative
Affirmative		titubeia	titubeie	titubeemos	titubeai	titubeiem
Negative (não)		não titubeies	não titubeie	não titubeemos	não titubeeis	não titubeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From earlier titubar, from Latin titubāre (“to stagger, stammer, stutter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /titubeˈaɾ/ [t̪i.t̪u.β̞eˈaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ti‧tu‧be‧ar

Verb

titubear (first-person singular present titubeo, first-person singular preterite titubeé, past participle titubeado)

1. (intransitive) to hesitate
2. (intransitive) to stutter

Conjugation

    Conjugation of titubear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			titubear
gerund			titubeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		titubeado		titubeada
		plural		titubeados		titubeadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	titubeo	titubeastú titubeásvos	titubea	titubeamos	titubeáis	titubean
	imperfect	titubeaba	titubeabas	titubeaba	titubeábamos	titubeabais	titubeaban
	preterite	titubeé	titubeaste	titubeó	titubeamos	titubeasteis	titubearon
	future	titubearé	titubearás	titubeará	titubearemos	titubearéis	titubearán
	conditional	titubearía	titubearías	titubearía	titubearíamos	titubearíais	titubearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	titubee	titubeestú titubeésvos2	titubee	titubeemos	titubeéis	titubeen
	imperfect (ra)	titubeara	titubearas	titubeara	titubeáramos	titubearais	titubearan
	imperfect (se)	titubease	titubeases	titubease	titubeásemos	titubeaseis	titubeasen
	future1	titubeare	titubeares	titubeare	titubeáremos	titubeareis	titubearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		titubeatú titubeávos	titubee	titubeemos	titubead	titubeen
	negative		no titubees	no titubee	no titubeemos	no titubeéis	no titubeen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• titubeante
• titubeo

Further reading

• “titubear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025