responder
Meaning
- (ambitransitive) to answer, to reply
- (ambitransitive) to talk back, to answer back (to respond defiantly and inappropriately)
- (intransitive) to respond, to react (to someone else's actions)
- (intransitive) to answer for, to be responsible for, vouch for (with por)
- (intransitive) to react, to respond (to a treatment, with a)
Concepts
Synonyms
volver a hacer
hacer volver
volver respuesta darle
Translations
répondre
rispondere
antworten
responder
απαντώ
respondre
antwoorden
أجاب
respondreFrequency
Hyphenated as
res‧pon‧der
Pronounced as (IPA)
/responˈdeɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish responder, inherited from Latin respondēre (likely via Late Latin respondĕre). The original past participle was respuso or repuso in Old Spanish. The expected diphthongization of stressed Latin /ŏ/ is found in Asturian responder (that is, respuendo) and sporadically in Old Spanish as well.
Notes
Sign in to write sticky notes
Start learning Spanish with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "responder" and many other words and sentences in Spanish.
'%3e%3c/path%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cmarker%20markerWidth='4.5'%20markerHeight='4.5'%20refX='2.25'%20refY='2.25'%20viewBox='0%200%204.5%204.5'%20orient='auto'%20id='SvgjsMarker4023'%3e%3cpolygon%20points='0,4.5%201.5,2.25%200,0%204.5,2.25'%20fill='white'%3e%3c/polygon%3e%3c/marker%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e)
