Vietnamese
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | استأنى | Catalan | hesitar |
| Danish | tøve | Dutch | aarzelen,talmen, twijfelen, weifelen |
| English | hesitate | Finnish | empiä, epäröidä |
| French | hésiter | German | zagen, zaudern, zögern |
| Greek | διστάζω | Hungarian | lacafacázik, tétovázik, vacillál |
| Icelandic | hika | Italian | esitare, nicchiare, tergiversare, titubare |
| Japanese | 右顧左眄, 憚る, 躊躇, 逡巡 | Lithuanian | dvejoti |
| Macedonian | се колеба, се поколеба | Polish | zawahać |
| Portuguese | hesitar | Quechua | iskayyay |
| Romanian | ezita | Spanish | cespitar, hesitar, vacilar |
| Swedish | tveka, tvina, vela | Thai | รั้งรอ, ลังเล |
| Turkish | çekinmek |