hesitarão

Hesitarão is the third-person plural form of the Portuguese verb hesitar in the futuro do presente (the simple future). It corresponds to “they will hesitate” in English and is used to express that the subjects will hesitate in a future situation or decision. Hesitar is a regular verb of the first conjugation (-ar), so hesitarão is formed by the stem hesitar- plus the standard futuro endings, with the final -ão.

Morphology and usage

The conjugation follows the pattern of regular -ar verbs in the futuro do presente: eu hesitar-ei, tu hesitar-ás, ele hesitar-á, nós hesitaremos, vós hesitar-eis, eles hesitarão. The form hesitarão includes the verb root hesitar- and the suffix -ão, with the final -r retained before the nasal ending. This tense is synthetic, as opposed to periphrastic futures formed with vai or ir.

Etymology and meaning

Hesitar derives from Latin haesitare, meaning to cling, stop, or hesitate. In Portuguese, hesitar retains the sense of pausing before acting, doubting, or weighing options.

Examples and notes

- Eles hesitarão diante da proposta. (They will hesitate in the face of the proposal.)

- Se houver muita pressão, eles hesitarão antes de decidir. (If there is a lot of pressure, they will hesitate before deciding.)

The form is widely useable in both Brazilian and European Portuguese. In practice, some contexts prefer periphrastic futures, but hesitarão remains a standard, clear option for indicating future hesitation.