Practice FrenchC1verb
tergiverser
to prevaricate, to keep hedging
Shown here in the infinitive — the form you look up.
« Le gouvernement tergiverse depuis des mois sur cette question. »
“The government has been hedging on this issue for months.”
In other languages
- Spanish andarse con rodeos
- Portuguese protelar, ficar em cima do muro
- Arabic يماطل
- German herumlavieren, zaudern
- Italian tergiversare
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