In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in Eng…

John Steinbeck
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In Spanish there is a word for which I can't find a counterword in English. It is the verb VACILAR... It does not mean vacillating at all. If one is vacilando, he is going somewhere, but does not greatly care whether or not he gets there, although he has direction. ✨ John Steinbeck (1980). Travels with Charley in Search of America, p.39, Penguin
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