Hesitarei

Hesitarei is the first-person singular form of the Portuguese verb hesitar in the futuro do indicativo, meaning "I will hesitate." It expresses a forthcoming moment of hesitation or delay in decision-making and can be used in both formal and informal contexts, though it is more common in written language and formal speech.

Etymology and forms: Hesitar derives from Latin haesitare, itself linked to haerere meaning to cling or stick. In Portuguese, hesitar means to pause, waver, or delay before acting. The form hesitarei (spelled hesitarei in many varieties) is the standard way to express the future from the verb stem, with the accompanying subject pronoun often omitted in Portuguese when the subject is clear from context.

Usage notes: Hesitarei is used to indicate that the speaker anticipates hesitating at a future moment. It can appear in moral, legal, or strategic contexts, and is compatible with conditional or temporal clauses (por exemplo, quando, se, antes de). Like other verb tenses, it conjugates regularly across subjects, though in everyday speech speakers may opt for shorter or more casual constructions in informal settings.

Examples:

- Eu hesitarei antes de assinar o contrato.

- Se surgirem dúvidas, hesitarei em prosseguir.

Related terms: hesitar (to hesitate), hesitação (hesitation), hesitante (hesitant). The concept appears across Romance languages with cognates reflecting the same Latin origin, though specific forms vary by language. Hesitarei, as a precise grammatical form, is a standard feature of Portuguese, used to denote a future act of hesitation.