titubear
Portuguese, verb/t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ʁ)/
titubear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stutter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “não poder estar firme”.
What does titubear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stutter
- 2
to hesitate
- 3
to stumble
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. não poder estar firme 2. cambalear; vacilar 3. falar, hesitando ou trepidando 4. Exprimir-se com dificuldade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of titubear
- titubeio first-person present singular
- titubeei first-person preterite singular
- titubeado participle past
- titubeares infinitive second-person singular
- titubearmos first-person infinitive plural
- titubeardes infinitive plural second-person
- titubearem infinitive plural third-person
- titubeando gerund
- titubeados masculine participle past
- titubeada feminine participle past
- titubeadas feminine participle past
- titubeias indicative present second-person
- titubeia indicative present singular
- titubeamos first-person indicative plural
- titubeais indicative plural present
- titubeiam indicative plural present
- titubeava first-person imperfect indicative
- titubeavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce titubear?
- Brazil /t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [t͡ʃi.tu.beˈa(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to titubear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is titubear in Portuguese?
titubear appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).