Titubeo in english
I hesitate
pronunciation: aɪezəteɪt part of speech: none
pronunciation: aɪezəteɪt part of speech: none
In gestures
titubear = flounder ; hesitate ; dither ; vacillate ; dilly-dally ; shilly-shally ; haver ; miss + a beat ; skip + a beat ; stutter ; go back and forth (over).
Example: I have noticed in many walks of life, people doing jobs, paid or unpaid, in which they are floundering because they do not have what I might call a job description.Example: Good luck and don't hesitate to ask me or anyone on the management team for advice or assistance!.Example: The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director = The Executive Board has been dithering over the control of the search for the next executive director.Example: Australia's treatment of information technology has vacillated between laissez faire and an interventionist strategy.Example: When it comes to volcanoes, there's no time to dilly-dally.Example: Their faces show the stern resolve and strength of people who have no time to shilly-shally.Example: I was havering about whether or not to write that, but I've done it now!.Example: The implementation was a very smooth process, we did not miss any orders -- our business did not miss a beat.Example: It looked like he didn't skip a beat, kind of stepped in there and looked like he had been in there for a month.Example: The latest financial data now shows that the UK's economic recovery is starting to stutter.Example: Both Republican presidential hopefuls are going back and forth over what they think about immigration.more:
» sin titubear = unswervingly ; unhesitatingly .
Example: He is unswervingly candid about his failures, and his book is wryly engaging, although its objectives are disappointingly unclear. Example: In other cases, these groups unhesitatingly side with the United States and, in effect, become more royalist than the king.» titubeando = hesitantly ; falteringly ; haltingly ; jerkily .
Example: 'Would it be bold of me to ask,' she said hesitantly, 'why is the Medical Center library virtually an autonomous unit?'. Example: Falteringly, but earnestly he read the story and when he finished, he put his head down on the table and sobbed. Example: The gray-haired bishop spoke haltingly at first, choosing his words with care. Example: He seemed rather thoughtful and absent-minded, spoke jerkily and ungrammatically, transposing words in rather a strange way.titubeo = flip-flop ; dilly-dallying ; shilly-shallying.
Example: Within this debate, there is flip-flop between those who argue for methods influenced by objectivism and those who argue for a more egalitarian approach.Example: Such dilly-dallying should stop if the government wants to keep its credibility.Example: The officials know in no uncertain terms that you understand your rights under the law and will not stand for any such shilly-shallying.more:
» sin titubeos = unhesitatingly .
Example: In other cases, these groups unhesitatingly side with the United States and, in effect, become more royalist than the king.