hesitação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin haesitātiōnem. By surface analysis, hesitar +‎ -ção.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.zi.taˈsɐ̃w̃/ [e.zi.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.zi.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: he‧si‧ta‧ção

Noun

hesitação f (plural hesitações)

hesitation (act of hesitating)

Further reading

“hesitação” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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