ele vacilou

hesitated, wavered

→ vacilar
vacil hesitate + ou 3rd person singular past
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #40,136
hesitated, wavered
PO: Ele vacilou antes de aceitar a proposta.
EN: He hesitated before accepting the proposal.
Conjugation of vacilar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third vacilou —

Sami não vacilou.

Sami didn’t let us down.

Você vacilou.

You hesitated.

— Sociedade dos Poetas Mortos (1989)

Ele devia estar nervoso, mas não vacilou.

He should have been nervous, but he didn't hesitate.

— Titanic (1997)

Vacilou um pouco.

He hesitated a little.

— Whiplash: Em Busca da Perfeição (2014)