vacilar
Spanish, verb/baθiˈlaɾ/
vacilar is spelled V-A-C-I-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,997th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vacilar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hesitate, waver, dither (UK), vacillate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Moverse con inseguridad, sin paso firme o de modo indeterminado”.
What does vacilar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hesitate, waver, dither (UK), vacillate
- 2
colloquialto enjoy
- 3
colloquialto spy on
- 4
colloquialto banter, kid, tease, rib, trick; to play a joke on, to pull someone's leg
- 5
colloquialto saunter; to go out
- 6
colloquialto loiter
- 7
slangto have a superficial love relationship or fling
- 8
to do it; to be appealing
no me vacila
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Moverse con inseguridad, sin paso firme o de modo indeterminado. 2. Estar poco firme, en peligro de caerse, malograrse o cambiar de estado. 3. Dicho de una persona, dudar, estar inseguro sobre una decisión u opinión. 4. Pasar un rato agradable de ocio en compañía de otras personas, haciendo chistes, conversando, bailando, etc.
verb: 1. Chulear, engañar, tomar el pelo, burlarse de alguien haciéndole dudar o titubear por broma.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vacilar
- vacilo first-person present singular
- vacilé first-person preterite singular
- vacilado participle past
- vacilando gerund
- vacilada feminine participle past
- vacilados masculine participle past
- vaciladas feminine participle past
- vacilas indicative informal present
- vacilás indicative informal present
- vacila indicative present singular
- vacilamos first-person indicative plural
- vaciláis indicative plural present
- vacilan indicative plural present
- vacilaba first-person imperfect indicative
- vacilabas imperfect indicative second-person
- vacilábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- vacilabais imperfect indicative plural
- vacilaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vacilar?
- /baθiˈlaɾ/
- [ba.θiˈlaɾ]
- /basiˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vacilar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vacilar in Spanish?
vacilar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).