titubear
Spanish
Etymology
From earlier titubar, from Latin titubō (“to stagger, stammer, stutter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /titubeˈaɾ/ [t̪i.t̪u.β̞eˈaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ti‧tu‧be‧ar
Verb
titubear (first-person singular present titubeo, first-person singular preterite titubeé, past participle titubeado)
- (intransitive) to stutter
- (intransitive) to hesitate
Conjugation
Conjugation of titubear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | titubear | ||||||
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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 |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- titubeo
- titubeante
Further reading
- “titubear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014