titubear

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10