titubear

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

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

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

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

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

• “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], 10 December 2024