corrispondere

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to correspond (to match up, to be in conformity, to coincide, etc.) [with a ‘to’; or with con ‘with’]
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) to repay [with a ‘love, affection, benevolence, etc.’]
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to correspond (to be in communication) [with con ‘with someone’]
  4. (figuratively, transitive) to reciprocate, to requite (love, affection, interest, etc.)
  5. (transitive) to compensate, to remunerate, to pay in exchange (a fee, a salary, etc.)
  6. (transitive) to pay (a fee, a salary, etc.) (in general)

Frequency

30k
Hyphenated as
cor‧ri‧spón‧de‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kor.risˈpon.de.re/
Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin correspondēre, from Latin cum + respondeō.

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