hesitant

See also: hésitant

English

Borrowed from Latin haesitans, present participle of haesitare (“to stick fast, to hesitate”).

hesitant (comparative more hesitant, superlative most hesitant)

Tending to hesitate, wait, or proceed with caution or reservation.
I am hesitant to recommend him as a manager because he has a short temper.

tending to hesitate

Bulgarian: колеблив (bg) (kolebliv), нерешителен (bg) (nerešitelen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 猶豫不決／犹豫不决 (zh) (yóuyùbùjué), ^{(please verify)} 下不了決心／下不了决心 (xiàbuliǎo juéxīn)
Czech: váhavý
Dutch: schoorvoetend (nl), aarzelend (nl), weifelend (nl)
Finnish: epäröivä (fi)
French: hésitant (fr)
German: zögerlich (de)
Greek: διστακτικός (el) m (distaktikós)
Hebrew: הססן (he) m (Hasesan)
Icelandic: hikandi m, efablandinn m, tvístígandi m, óákveðinn (is) m, óráðinn m, á báðum áttum
Italian: esitante (it), titubante (it)
Latin: cunctans, haesitans
Maori: pōkaku, hokirua, kokekoke, maunawenawe, tikumu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nølende
Portuguese: hesitante (pt)
Russian: неуверен (neuveren)
Spanish: vacilante (es), inseguro (es), titubeante, dubitativo (es), indeciso (es), irresoluto
Swedish: tveksam (sv), tvehågsen (sv), villrådig (sv), ambivalent (sv), kluven (sv), velig (sv), obeslutsam (sv), vankelmodig (sv)
Tagalog: nag-aalinlangan

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