vacilar

to hesitate

to make fun of

Él sabía que la ciudad sería destruida, pero él vacilaba.	He knew the city would be destroyed, but he hesitated.
Amenemope vacilaba y al final no fue a mejor.	Amenemope vacillated and in the end fared no better.
Una parte de los marinos vacilaba en los momentos decisivos.	At decisive moments part of the sailors wavered.
Nunca vacilaba cuando la adversidad mostraba su cara.	He never faltered when adversity reared its head.
El suelo vacilaba bajo sus pies.	The ground was slipping away under his feet.
Él vacilaba entre la esperanza y la desesperanza.	He fluctuated between hope and despair.
Solo la guarnición de Petrogrado vacilaba todavía.	Only in the Petrograd garrison was there still uncertainty.
Al principio Stalin vacilaba y aguardaba.	At first Stalin hesitated and waited.
Marisa Presti, su mujer, vacilaba.	Marisa Presti, his wife, was hesitant.
Sintió que su fuerza de voluntad vacilaba.	He felt his willpower waver.
Era muy temprano, y hasta el torrente vacilaba en iniciar su turbulenta carrera.	It was very early and even the stream was hesitant to make its boisterous run.
¿Y quién de nosotros vacilaba?	And which one of us was wavering?
En la Duma, este grupo vacilaba entre los kadetes y la democracia obrera (los bolsheviques).	They vacillated between the Constitutional-Democrats and the labour democrats (Bolsheviks).
Trump a menudo vacilaba entre criticar y elogiar a Kelly, a veces con minutos de diferencia.	Trump often vacillated between criticizing and praising Kelly, sometimes within minutes of each other.
Una única vela vacilaba, emitiendo muy poca luz para las sombras que caían a su alrededor.	A single candle flickered, casting too little light for shadows to fall around him.
Intenté adaptarme al teclado, pero vacilaba, no podía tocar.	I tried to keys to adjust, but I was uncertain, I could not play.
Valente, mientras tanto, vacilaba.	Valens, meanwhile, faltered.
Hace tiempo que lo tengo guardado... pero vacilaba en dárselo.	I'd put it aside for some time... but I hesitated to give it to you.
Al vacilaba: "Ésta es buena, pero no pega mucho".	Al would sort of go back and forth, "This is good, but this isn't quite working."
Al que vacilaba, enderezaban tus palabras, Y esforzabas las rodillas que decaían.	Your words have upheld him that was falling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees.