vacillare

vacillare

See also: vacil·laré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vacillō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.t͡ʃilˈla.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: va‧cil‧là‧re

Verb

vacillàre (first-person singular present vacìllo, first-person singular past historic vacillài, past participle vacillàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

1. to sway, to totter, to stagger along
2. to flicker
3. to waver, to vacillate
4. (figurative) to fade, to diminish (e.g. of one's vision, of hopes)
5. (figurative) to falter (e.g. of an institution)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of vacillàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	vacillàre
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		vacillàndo
present participle		vacillànte	past participle		vacillàto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	vacìllo	vacìlli	vacìlla	vacilliàmo	vacillàte	vacìllano
imperfect	vacillàvo	vacillàvi	vacillàva	vacillavàmo	vacillavàte	vacillàvano
past historic	vacillài	vacillàsti	vacillò	vacillàmmo	vacillàste	vacillàrono
future	vacillerò	vacillerài	vacillerà	vacillerémo	vacilleréte	vacillerànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	vacillerèi	vacillerésti	vacillerèbbe, vacillerébbe	vacillerémmo	vacilleréste	vacillerèbbero, vacillerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	vacìlli	vacìlli	vacìlli	vacilliàmo	vacilliàte	vacìllino
imperfect	vacillàssi	vacillàssi	vacillàsse	vacillàssimo	vacillàste	vacillàssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		vacìlla	vacìlli	vacilliàmo	vacillàte	vacìllino
negative imperative		nonvacillàre	non vacìlli	non vacilliàmo	non vacillàte	non vacìllino

Derived terms

• vacillamento
• vacillante

Related terms

• vacillazione

Further reading

• vacillare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• cavillare, cavillerà, vacillerà, varicella

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Latin

Verb

vacillāre

1. inflection of vacillō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative