dubitar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English dubitate, Italian dubitare, from Latin dubitāre. Probably through or by influence of Interlingue dúbitar.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /du.bi.ˈtar/, /du.bi.ˈtaɾ/

Verb

dubitar (present tense dubitas, past tense dubitis, future tense dubitos, imperative dubitez, conditional dubitus)

(transitive) to doubt, dubitate
(intransitive) to waver in opinion, hesitate to believe

Conjugation

Conjugation of dubitar
		present	past	future
infinitive		dubitar	dubitir	dubitor
tense		dubitas	dubitis	dubitos
conditional		dubitus	—	—
imperative		dubitez	—	—
adjective active participle		dubitanta	dubitinta	dubitonta
adverbial active participle		dubitante	dubitinte	dubitonte
nominal active participle	singular	dubitanto	dubitinto	dubitonto
nominal active participle	plural	dubitanti	dubitinti	dubitonti
adjective passive participle		dubitata	dubitita	dubitota
adverbial passive participle		dubitate	dubitite	dubitote
nominal passive participle	singular	dubitato	dubitito	dubitoto
nominal passive participle	plural	dubitati	dubititi	dubitoti

Synonyms

(dated) dubar

Derived terms

dubitebla (“dubitable”)
dubiteble (“dubitably, doubtfully”)
dubitema (“dubitative”)
dubitinda (“doubtworthy”)
dubito (“doubt”)
nedubitebla (“undoubtable, indubitable”)
nedubiteble (“undoubtedly, indubitably”)

Italian

Verb

dubitar (apocopated)

apocopic form of dubitare

Spanish

Verb

dubitar (first-person singular present dubito, first-person singular preterite dubité, past participle dubitado)

(literary or rare) to dubitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of dubitar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			dubitar
gerund			dubitando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		dubitado		dubitada
		plural		dubitados		dubitadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dubito	dubitas^{^tú} dubitás^{^vos}	dubita	dubitamos	dubitáis	dubitan
	imperfect	dubitaba	dubitabas	dubitaba	dubitábamos	dubitabais	dubitaban
	preterite	dubité	dubitaste	dubitó	dubitamos	dubitasteis	dubitaron
	future	dubitaré	dubitarás	dubitará	dubitaremos	dubitaréis	dubitarán
	conditional	dubitaría	dubitarías	dubitaría	dubitaríamos	dubitaríais	dubitarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	dubite	dubites^{^tú} dubités^{^vos²}	dubite	dubitemos	dubitéis	dubiten
	imperfect (ra)	dubitara	dubitaras	dubitara	dubitáramos	dubitarais	dubitaran
	imperfect (se)	dubitase	dubitases	dubitase	dubitásemos	dubitaseis	dubitasen
	future¹	dubitare	dubitares	dubitare	dubitáremos	dubitareis	dubitaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		dubita^{^tú} dubitá^{^vos}	dubite	dubitemos	dubitad	dubiten
	negative		no dubites	no dubite	no dubitemos	no dubitéis	no dubiten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of dubitar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive dubitar	dative	dubitarme	dubitarte	dubitarle, dubitarse	dubitarnos	dubitaros	dubitarles, dubitarse
with infinitive dubitar	accusative	dubitarme	dubitarte	dubitarlo, dubitarla, dubitarse	dubitarnos	dubitaros	dubitarlos, dubitarlas, dubitarse

with gerund dubitando	dative	dubitándome	dubitándote	dubitándole, dubitándose	dubitándonos	dubitándoos	dubitándoles, dubitándose
with gerund dubitando	accusative	dubitándome	dubitándote	dubitándolo, dubitándola, dubitándose	dubitándonos	dubitándoos	dubitándolos, dubitándolas, dubitándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative dubita	dative	dubítame	dubítate	dubítale	dubítanos	not used	dubítales
	accusative	dubítame	dubítate	dubítalo, dubítala	dubítanos	not used	dubítalos, dubítalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative dubitá	dative	dubitame	dubitate	dubitale	dubitanos	not used	dubitales
	accusative	dubitame	dubitate	dubitalo, dubitala	dubitanos	not used	dubitalos, dubitalas

with formal second-person singular imperative dubite	dative	dubíteme	not used	dubítele, dubítese	dubítenos	not used	dubíteles
with formal second-person singular imperative dubite	accusative	dubíteme	not used	dubítelo, dubítela, dubítese	dubítenos	not used	dubítelos, dubítelas

with first-person plural imperative dubitemos	dative	not used	dubitémoste	dubitémosle	dubitémonos	dubitémoos	dubitémosles
with first-person plural imperative dubitemos	accusative	not used	dubitémoste	dubitémoslo, dubitémosla	dubitémonos	dubitémoos	dubitémoslos, dubitémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative dubitad	dative	dubitadme	not used	dubitadle	dubitadnos	dubitaos	dubitadles
with informal second-person plural imperative dubitad	accusative	dubitadme	not used	dubitadlo, dubitadla	dubitadnos	dubitaos	dubitadlos, dubitadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative dubiten	dative	dubítenme	not used	dubítenle	dubítennos	not used	dubítenles, dubítense
with formal second-person plural imperative dubiten	accusative	dubítenme	not used	dubítenlo, dubítenla	dubítennos	not used	dubítenlos, dubítenlas, dubítense

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