To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
Infinitivehesitate
Past simplehesitated
Past participlehesitated
-ing formhesitating
Full conjugation of the English verb to hesitate (past simple hesitated,
past participle hesitated):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
hesitate
you
hesitate
he/she/it
hesitates
we
hesitate
you
hesitate
they
hesitate
Present continuous
I
am hesitating
you
are hesitating
he/she/it
is hesitating
we
are hesitating
you
are hesitating
they
are hesitating
Present perfect
I
have hesitated
you
have hesitated
he/she/it
has hesitated
we
have hesitated
you
have hesitated
they
have hesitated
Present perfect continuous
I
have been hesitating
you
have been hesitating
he/she/it
has been hesitating
we
have been hesitating
you
have been hesitating
they
have been hesitating
Past simple
I
hesitated
you
hesitated
he/she/it
hesitated
we
hesitated
you
hesitated
they
hesitated
Past continuous
I
was hesitating
you
were hesitating
he/she/it
was hesitating
we
were hesitating
you
were hesitating
they
were hesitating
Past perfect
I
had hesitated
you
had hesitated
he/she/it
had hesitated
we
had hesitated
you
had hesitated
they
had hesitated
Past perfect continuous
I
had been hesitating
you
had been hesitating
he/she/it
had been hesitating
we
had been hesitating
you
had been hesitating
they
had been hesitating
Future simple
I
will hesitate
you
will hesitate
he/she/it
will hesitate
we
will hesitate
you
will hesitate
they
will hesitate
Future continuous
I
will be hesitating
you
will be hesitating
he/she/it
will be hesitating
we
will be hesitating
you
will be hesitating
they
will be hesitating
Future perfect
I
will have hesitated
you
will have hesitated
he/she/it
will have hesitated
we
will have hesitated
you
will have hesitated
they
will have hesitated
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been hesitating
you
will have been hesitating
he/she/it
will have been hesitating
we
will have been hesitating
you
will have been hesitating
they
will have been hesitating
Conditional
Present
I
would hesitate
you
would hesitate
he/she/it
would hesitate
we
would hesitate
you
would hesitate
they
would hesitate
Present continuous
I
would be hesitating
you
would be hesitating
he/she/it
would be hesitating
we
would be hesitating
you
would be hesitating
they
would be hesitating
Perfect
I
would have hesitated
you
would have hesitated
he/she/it
would have hesitated
we
would have hesitated
you
would have hesitated
they
would have hesitated
Perfect continuous
I
would have been hesitating
you
would have been hesitating
he/she/it
would have been hesitating
we
would have been hesitating
you
would have been hesitating
they
would have been hesitating
Subjunctive
Present
that I
hesitate
that you
hesitate
that he/she/it
hesitate
that we
hesitate
that you
hesitate
that they
hesitate
Past
if I
hesitated
if you
hesitated
if he/she/it
hesitated
if we
hesitated
if you
hesitated
if they
hesitated
Imperative
Affirmative
you
hesitate
we
let's hesitate
Negative
you
don't hesitate
we
let's not hesitate
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to hesitate
Perfect infinitive
to have hesitated
Present participle / gerund
hesitating
Past participle
hesitated
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