resposta

Meaning

answer, response

Opposite of

cuestión, interrogación

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: pór

Cognate with Asturian: respuesta

Cognate with Catalan: resposta

Cognate with Italian: risposta

Cognate with Portuguese: resposta

Cognate with Spanish: respuesta

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese resposta, reposta, from responder, corrupted by posta, feminine past participle of põer (Galician pór). Compare Asturian respuesta, Catalan resposta, Italian risposta, Portuguese resposta, Spanish respuesta.

Sentences

Silencio , por favor , vai dar resposta o presidente .

Silence, please, the President will answer.

E eu creo que ten unha resposta ben clara.

And I think you have a very clear answer.

A resposta ten que ser máis cautelosa.

The answer has to be more cautious.

Segue a sorprendervos a resposta da xente ?

Are you surprised by people's response?

A comunicación é a resposta dun ser vivo a un estímulo.

Communication is the response of a living being to a stimulus.

Conformaba o principal elemento de resposta dos bolxeviques durante devandita revolución .

It was the main element of the Bolsheviks' response during the revolution.