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vacila
* sm tease, joker

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vacilar, vacilada, vacile, vacilación

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vacilar	vi.	hesitate

es un hombre que vacila mucho	exp.	he is a man who dithers a lot

es un hombre que vacila mucho	exp.	he is a very indecisive man

un sabor que vacila entre agradable y desagradable	exp.	a taste which varies {o} ranges between nice and nasty

sin vacilar	exp.	unhesitatingly

de vacilada	exp.	for a laugh

de vacilada	exp.	as a joke

vacilar con algn	exp.	take the mickey out of sb

vacilar con algn	exp.	to tease sb

vacilar entre dos posibilidades	exp.	to hesitate between two possibilities

vacilar en hacer algo	exp.	to hesitate to do sth

estar de vacile	exp.	to tease
¡no me vaciles!	exp.	stop messing me about!
no vaciles en decírmelo	exp.	don't hesitate to tell me about it

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'vacila' also found in translations in English-Spanish dictionary
he hesitates at nothing	exp.	no vacila ante nada
he hesitated ever so slightly	exp.	vaciló apenas un poco
he didn't hesitate for a moment	exp.	no vaciló ni un momento {or} instante
I have no hesitation in saying ...	exp.	no vacilo en decir ...
he did not shrink from touching it	exp.	no vaciló en tocarlo
I will not hesitate to take unpopular decisions	exp.	no dudaré {or} vacilaré en tomar decisiones poco populares
without faltering	exp.	sin vacilar
straight off	exp.	sin vacilar
to fluctuate between	exp.	vacilar entre
hum and haw	exp.	vacilar
to hem and haw	exp.	vacilar
to hum and haw	exp.	vacilar
without the slightest hesitation	exp.	sin vacilar siquiera
to give sb pause	exp.	hacer vacilar a algn
give pause to sb	exp.	hacer vacilar a algn
it made him pause	exp.	le hizo vacilar

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