Definition
A person who hesitates; someone who is slow to decide or act, or who shows reluctance and uncertainty.
Etymology
Formed from 'hesitate' plus the agent suffix -er, which creates nouns meaning 'one who does X.' This is one of English's most productive word-formation patterns, dating back to Old English.
Kelly Says
While 'hesitator' is the standard form, 'hesitater' shows how English speakers sometimes mishear or reanalyze word parts—some people add the -er to 'hesitate' directly instead of using the recognized 'hesitator,' and both versions actually appear in historical texts, showing language is messier than dictionaries suggest.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
እንደ ምንም አይነት
en-deh min-min a-i-net
ARالعربية
المتردد
al-mu-ta-radd
CACatalà
hesitant
he-si-tant
CSČeština
váhající
va-ha-y-chi
DADansk
hesitator
he-si-ta-tor
DEDeutsch
Zögerer
tsoe-gər-er
ELΕλληνικά
οποίος σκέφτεται
o-po-ios skef-te-tai
ESEspañol
hesitador
e-si-ta-dor
FAفارسی
تردیدکننده
ta-reed-kon-neh
FISuomi
epäilevä
e-pä-i-le-vä
FRFrançais
hésitateur
e-zi-ta-te-ur
HIहिन्दी
हिचकिचाने वाला
heet-cheek-cha-ne wa-la
HUMagyar
visszafogó
vish-sa-fog-oh
IDBahasa Indonesia
orang ragu-raguan
o-rang ra-goo-ra-guan
IGIG
onye na-ekwe
on-ye na-ekwe
ITItaliano
hesitante
e-zi-tan-te
JA日本語
ためらう人
ta-me-ra-u hito
KMKM
អ្នកប្រជាប្រិយ
a-nk pra-che-a-pri-y
KO한국어
망설이는 사람
mang-seol-i-neun sa-ram
MRMR
संशयाळू
san-sha-ya-loo
MSBahasa Melayu
orang ragu-raguan
o-rang ra-goo-ra-guan
NLNederlands
wachtend
vacht-end
NONorsk
svevende
sveh-deh
PLPolski
wahający się
va-ha-y-chi se
PTPortuguês
hesitante
e-si-tan-te
RORomână
cel care ezită
cel ka-reh eh-zi-ta
RUРусский
сомневавшийся
som-ne-va-vsh-iys-y
SVSvenska
tvekande
tveh-kan-deh
SWKiswahili
mchafu
m-cha-foo
TAதமிழ்
சந்தேகிப்பவர்
san-the-ki-ppa-var
TEతెలుగు
సందేహించేవాడు
san-deh-in-che-va-du
TLTL
nag-aalinlangan
nah-gah-a-lin-lan-gan
TRTürkçe
tereddüt eden
te-re-düt eh-den
UKУкраїнська
замислювався
za-mis-lyu-v-as-ya
VITiếng Việt
người do dự
ngoi doh-doo-doo