vacilar

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hesitation

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vacilar
intransitive verb
1to hesitate (dudar); to be indecisive (al elegir)
2to falter (voz, principios, régimen)
3to flicker (fluctuar) (luz); to be irregular (pulso)
4to wobble, to sway (tambalearse)
5to swank, to show off (informal) (chulear)
6(informal) (bromear)
  • está vacilando -> he's pulling your leg o kidding (peninsular Spanish, Carib, Mexican Spanish), he's taking the mickey (British)
transitive verb
7(informal)
  • vacilar a alguien -> to pull somebody's leg(tomar el pelo) (peninsular Spanish, Carib, Mexican Spanish), to take the mickey out of somebody (British)

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vacilar [vah-the-lar’]
verb neuter
1To vacillate, to waver, to fluctuate; to be perplexed; to wander or be confused; to reel, to stagger (persona). (n)
2To flicker (luz). (n)
3To hesitate. (n)
  • Vacilar entre dos posibilidades -> to hesitate between two possibilities
4Vacilar con uno, to tease somebody. (n)
5To get plastered (emborracharse). (Mexico) (n)

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vacilar
verbo:intransitivo
1 (dudar) to hesitate; waver; (ser indeciso) to vacillate; (esperar) to hold back from doing sth
sin vacilar unhesitatingly; vacilar en hacer algo to hesitate to do sth; vacilar entre dos posibilidades to hesitate between two possibilities; es un hombre que vacila mucho he is a very indecisive man; he is a man who dithers a lot; no vaciles en decírmelo don't hesitate to tell me about it
2 (por falta de estabilidad) [+mueble] to be unsteady; wobble; [+persona] (al andar) to totter; reel; (al hablar) to falter; [+memoria] to fail; [+moralidad] to be collapsing
3 [+luz] to flicker
4 (variar)
un sabor que vacila entre agradable y desagradable a taste which varies ranges between nice and nasty;o
5 (familiar) (guasearse)
vacilar con algn to tease sb; take the mickey out of sb; (muy_familiar)
6 (México) (familiar) (divertirse) to have fun; lark about; (familiar) (ir de juerga) to go on a spree
vacilar con algn
7 (familiar) (presumir) to talk big; (familiar) show off; swank; (familiar)
verbo:transitivo
1 (burlarse de) to take the mickey out of; (muy_familiar) make fun of
¡no me vaciles! stop messing me about!; (familiar)
2 (Centroamérica) (familiar) (engañar) to trick

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Verb Conjugation for "vacilar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo vacilo vacilé vacilaba vacilaré vacile
Tú vacilas vacilaste vacilabas vacilarás vaciles
Ella/Él/Usted vacila vaciló vacilaba vacilará vacile
Nosotros vacilamos vacilamos vacilábamos vacilaremos vacilemos
Vosotros vaciláis vacilasteis vacilabais vacilaréis vaciléis
Ellos/Ustedes vacilan vacilaron vacilaban vacilarán vacilen
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