falter

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

An unsteadiness.

Verb

1. To waver or be unsteady; to weaken or trail off.
2. (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
3. To fail in distinctness or regularity of exercise; said of the mind or of thought.
4. To stumble.
5. (figuratively) To lose faith or vigor; to doubt or abandon (a cause).
6. To hesitate in purpose or action.
7. To cleanse or sift, as barley.

Concetti

vacillare

balbettare

esitare

titubare

dubbiosamente

esitamento

esitazione

imbrogliarsi

impappinare

impappinarsi

inciampare

muoversi goffamente

tartagliare

tentennare

ciancicare

ciangottare

impaperarsi

impuntare

peritanza

dubitazione

oscitanza

tentennio

dubitare

cingottare

fluttuare

se

confondersi

sinonimi

hesitate

waver

stumble

stammer

stutter

totter

stagger

bumble

vacillate

wobble

flounder

blunder

lurch

reel

hesitation

mumble

weaken

wince

fluctuate

be undecided

faltering

rock

🪨

get stuck

stop short

splutter

sputter

flinch

dilly dally

hang back

recoil

stagnate

stumblingly

suspect

swag

sway

teeter

tergiversate

vacillatingly

waffle

🧇

be uncertain

go astray

hem and haw

make mistakes

show reluctance

be sluggish

hesitate to say

be stagnant

be sedimented

be precipitated

talk excitedly

Traduzioni

hésiter

schwanken

vacilar

barguigner

titubear

bégayer

wankelen

bafouiller

stammeln

weifelen

zaudern

τραυλίζω

gaguejar

balbutier

stocken

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈfɒl.tə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine norse antico: faltrask

In summary

From Middle English falteren (“to stagger; be unsteady, tremble, quiver; to stammer; be entangled, get caught”), further origin unknown. Probably from a North Germanic source such as Old Norse faltrask (“to hesitate, be puzzled, be encumbered”). May also be a frequentative of fold, although the change from d to t is unusual.