doubt

la duda

noun

doubt
[daʊt]
sustantivo
1duda (f)
  • to have doubts about something -> tener dudas sobre algo
  • to be in doubt -> tener dudas; (person) ser incierto(a) (outcome)
  • when in doubt -> en caso de duda
  • beyond doubt -> sin lugar a dudas
  • no doubt -> sin duda
  • there is no doubt that… -> no cabe duda de que…
  • there is no doubt about her guilt -> no hay duda alguna acerca de su culpabilidad
  • there is some doubt about her guilt -> se tienen dudas acerca de su culpabilidad
verbo transitivo
2dudar
  • I doubt it -> lo dudo
  • I doubt whether that is the case -> dudo que sea así
  • do you doubt me? -> ¿acaso dudas de mí?

doubt [daut]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Dudar, temer, recelar, sospechar, vacilar. (n)
  • I doubted my own eyes -> no daba crédito a mis propios ojos
  • I very much doubt it -> lo dudo mucho
  • I doubt he’ll agree -> dudo que vaya a acceder
va. Dudar de (fact, truth); dudar (consider unlikely); temer, desconfiar.
sustantivo
1Duda, incertidumbre (uncertainty); escrúpulo, sospecha, dificultad, reparo.
  • No doubt she’ll phone -> con seguridad que llama, seguro que llama
  • To entertain doubts of, as to -> recelarse de, concebir dudas sobre
  • Beyond reasonable más allá de toda duda fundada -> When in en caso de duda
  • I have my doubts -> tengo mis dudas
(Law)

doubt [daʊt]
noun
(uncertainty, qualm) duda; (f)
there is some doubt about itabout sobre esto existen dudas
beyond doubtbeyond fuera de duda
beyond all reasonable doubt más allá de toda duda
to cast doubt oncast poner en duda
to clear up sb's doubtsclear up sacar a algn de dudas
to have one's doubts about sthhave tener sus dudas acerca de algo
to be in doubtin [+person] tener dudas; dudar; [+sb's honesty etc] ser dudoso
she was in doubt whether to ... dudaba si ...; the matter is still in some doubt el caso sigue siendo dudoso; if when in doubtor en caso de duda
no doubt!no ¡sin duda!
no doubt he will come seguro que viene; there is no doubt of that de eso no cabe duda; there is no doubt that es indudable que; no cabe duda de que; I have no doubt that it is true no me cabe duda de que es verdad; let there be no doubt about it que nadie dude de esto; the marks left no doubt about how he died las señales no dejaban lugar a dudas sobre cómo murió
to throw doubt onthrow poner en duda
without (a) doubtwithout sin duda (alguna)
verb:transitive
1 [+truth of statement etc] dudar
I doubt it very much lo dudo mucho; I never doubted you nunca tuve dudas acerca de ti; to doubt sb's loyalty dudar de la lealtad de algn
2 (be uncertain)
to doubt whether ifor dudar si; I don't doubt that he will come no dudo que vaya a venir
verb:intransitive
dudar
doubting Thomas incréduloaincrédula;a incrédula (m) (f) escépticoaescéptica;a escéptica (m) (f)

Verb Conjugation for "doubt"

Imperative
  • doubt
  • you doubt
  • he/she doubts
  • we doubt
  • you doubt
  • they doubt
Preterite
  • I doubted
  • you doubted
  • he/she doubted
  • we doubted
  • you doubted
  • they doubted
Present Continuous
  • I am doubting
  • you are doubting
  • he/she is doubting
  • we are doubting
  • you are doubting
  • they are doubting
Present Perfect
  • I have doubted
  • you have doubted
  • he/she has doubted
  • we have doubted
  • you have doubted
  • they have doubted
Past Continuous
  • I was doubting
  • you were doubting
  • he/she was doubting
  • we were doubting
  • you were doubting
  • they were doubting
Past Perfect
  • I had doubted
  • you had doubted
  • he/she had doubted
  • we had doubted
  • you had doubted
  • they had doubted
Future
  • I will doubt
  • you will doubt
  • he/she will doubt
  • we will doubt
  • you will doubt
  • they will doubt
Future Perfect
  • I will have doubted
  • you will have doubted
  • he/she will have doubted
  • we will have doubted
  • you will have doubted
  • they will have doubted
Future Continuous
  • I will be doubting
  • you will be doubting
  • he/she will be doubting
  • we will be doubting
  • you will be doubting
  • they will be doubting
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been doubting
  • you have been doubting
  • he/she has been doubting
  • we have been doubting
  • you have been doubting
  • they have been doubting
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been doubting
  • you will have been doubting
  • he/she will have been doubting
  • we will have been doubting
  • you will have been doubting
  • they will have been doubting
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been doubting
  • you had been doubting
  • he/she had been doubting
  • we had been doubting
  • you had been doubting
  • they had been doubting
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