tergiversare
Appearance
See also: tergiversaré
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin tergiversārī.
Verb
[edit]tergiversàre (first-person singular present tergivèrso, first-person singular past historic tergiversài, past participle tergiversàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)
- to hesitate; to beat around the bush; to prevaricate
- Synonyms: temporeggiare, nicchiare
- (archaic) to turn one's shoulders at or towards the enemy
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of tergiversàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]tergiversāre
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tergiversa + -re.
Noun
[edit]tergiversare f (plural tergiversări)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | tergiversare | tergiversarea | tergiversări | tergiversările | |
genitive-dative | tergiversări | tergiversării | tergiversări | tergiversărilor | |
vocative | tergiversare, tergiversareo | tergiversărilor |
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]tergiversare
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