teeter

teeter
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
intransitive verb
a. tambalearse
The drunk man teetered from one side to the other.El borracho se tambaleó de un lado para otro.
a. titubear
Miguel was teetering between all the different choices.Miguel titubeaba entre todas las opciones.
a.
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
no direct translation
The country's economy is teetering on the edge of collapse.La economía del país está al borde del colapso.
The notion that we are teetering on a dictatorship is no longer so far-fetched.La noción de que estemos a punto ser una dictadura ya no es tan inverosímil.
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