Verbo hesitate en inglés: conjugación completa
Diego De La Croix
Profesor bilingüe francés-español
El verbo inglés to hesitate significa «hesitate» en español. Es un verbo regular que forma su pasado simple y participio pasado añadiendo -ed al infinitivo.
Conjugación de hesitate en indicativo
Present simple (presente simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | hesitate |
| you | hesitate |
| he/she/it | hesitates |
| we | hesitate |
| they | hesitate |
Present continuous (presente continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | am hesitating |
| you | are hesitating |
| he/she/it | is hesitating |
| we | are hesitating |
| they | are hesitating |
Present perfect (pretérito perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | have hesitated |
| you | have hesitated |
| he/she/it | has hesitated |
| we | have hesitated |
| they | have hesitated |
Past simple (pasado simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | hesitated |
| you | hesitated |
| he/she/it | hesitated |
| we | hesitated |
| they | hesitated |
Past continuous (pasado continuo)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | was hesitating |
| you | were hesitating |
| he/she/it | was hesitating |
| we | were hesitating |
| they | were hesitating |
Past perfect (pluscuamperfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | had hesitated |
| you | had hesitated |
| he/she/it | had hesitated |
| we | had hesitated |
| they | had hesitated |
Future simple (futuro simple)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will hesitate |
| you | will hesitate |
| he/she/it | will hesitate |
| we | will hesitate |
| they | will hesitate |
Future perfect (futuro perfecto)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | will have hesitated |
| you | will have hesitated |
| he/she/it | will have hesitated |
| we | will have hesitated |
| they | will have hesitated |
Conjugación de hesitate en condicional
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would hesitate |
| you | would hesitate |
| he/she/it | would hesitate |
| we | would hesitate |
| they | would hesitate |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| I | would have hesitated |
| you | would have hesitated |
| he/she/it | would have hesitated |
| we | would have hesitated |
| they | would have hesitated |
Conjugación de hesitate en imperativo
Conjugación de hesitate en participio
Present (presente)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | hesitating |
Past (pasado)
| Persona | Conjugación |
|---|---|
| - | hesitated |
Ejemplos
I hesitate every day.
Yo hesitate todos los días.
He hesitates regularly.
Él hesitate regularmente.
We hesitate together.
Nosotros hesitate juntos.
I hesitated yesterday.
Yo hesitate ayer.
I have hesitated.
Yo he hesitate.
I will hesitate tomorrow.
Yo hesitateé mañana.
I am hesitating right now.
Yo estoy hesitate ahora mismo.
I like to hesitate.
Me gusta hesitate.
You should hesitate more often.
Deberías hesitate más a menudo.
Can you hesitate?
¿Puedes hesitate?
Errores frecuentes
Olvidar la -s de la tercera persona: He hesitate en vez de He hesitates
Correcto: He/She/It hesitates
En el present simple, la tercera persona del singular (he/she/it) siempre añade -s o -es al verbo. Es el error más frecuente entre hispanohablantes.
Pronunciar la -ed como sílaba separada en todos los casos
Correcto: La -ed solo se pronuncia como sílaba extra (/ɪd/) tras t o d. Tras consonante sorda suena /t/, tras sonora /d/.
En español todas las sílabas se pronuncian, pero en inglés -ed no siempre es una sílaba: walked = /wɔːkt/ (una sílaba), wanted = /ˈwɒntɪd/ (dos sílabas).
Formar preguntas sin do/does: You hesitate? en vez de Do you hesitate?
Correcto: Do you hesitate? / Does he/she hesitate?
En español, la pregunta se forma con la entonación. En inglés, el present simple y past simple necesitan el auxiliar do/does/did para preguntas y negaciones.
Confundir present simple con present continuous: I hesitate vs I am hesitating
Correcto: Hábito/general → I hesitate | Ahora mismo → I am hesitating
El present simple se usa para hábitos y verdades generales, mientras que el present continuous se usa para acciones en progreso. En español a menudo se usa el mismo tiempo para ambos.
Comparación inglés / español
| Aspecto | Inglés | Español |
|---|---|---|
| Present simple | I hesitate | yo hesitate |
| Present simple (3rd person) | he/she hesitates | él/ella hesitate |
| Present continuous | I am hesitating | yo estoy hesitate |
| Past simple | I hesitateed | yo hesitate |
| Present perfect | I have hesitateed | yo he hesitate |
| Future simple | I will hesitate | yo hesitateé |
| Negative | I don't hesitate | yo no hesitate |
| Question | Do you hesitate? | ¿tú hesitate? |