| Principal Translations |
| dudar⇒ vi | (vacilar, no decidir) | hesitate⇒ vi |
| | | dither⇒, waver⇒ vi |
| | | doubt⇒ vi |
| | No dudes más: acepta el trabajo y ya verás qué pasa más adelante. |
| | Don't hesitate any more: take the job and then see how things play out further down the line. |
| dudar vtr | (no creer) | doubt⇒ vtr |
| | | have doubts about v expr |
| | ¿De verdad crees que Tomás y Claudia se van a casar? Yo lo dudo. |
| | Do you really think Tom and Claudia are going to get married? I doubt it. |
| dudar de algo vi + prep | (poner algo en duda) | question [sth]⇒ vtr |
| | | call [sth] into question v expr |
| | El jefe duda de lo que dice el vendedor. |
| | Dudo de las habilidades de este pintor. |
| dudar de alguien vi + prep | (sospechar de su honradez) | doubt [sb]⇒ vtr |
| | | have doubts about [sb] v expr |
| | | question [sb] v expr |
| | El jefe era receloso y dudaba de todos los empleados nuevos. |
| | The boss was distrustful and doubted all the new employees. |
| dudar en hacer algo vi + prep | (no estar decidido) | have second thoughts about doing [sth] v expr |
| | | hesitate over doing [sth] v expr |
| | (especially before marriage) | get cold feet v expr |
| | Cuando el clavadista llegó al borde del acantilado, dudó en lanzarse. |
| | When the diver reached the edge of the cliff, he had second thoughts about jumping. |
| dudar que [+ subjuntivo] vtr + conj | (no creer que) | doubt⇒ vtr |
| | | doubt that vtr + conj |
| | | doubt whether vtr + conj |
| | Dudo que sea verdad lo que cuenta ese viejo chismoso. Pablo duda que podamos ayudarlo. |
| | I very much doubt everything the old blabbermouth says is true. |
| dudar entre algo y algo loc verb | (estar indeciso) | be of two minds, be in two minds about v expr |
| | | be undecided between v expr |
| | | not be able to decide between v expr |
| | | not sure whether to do one thing or another v expr |
| | Dudo entre el vestido rojo y el azul. |
| | I'm in two minds about wearing either the red or blue dress. |