responder

Meaning

1. to answer; to reply (to give a written or spoken response)
2. (intransitive) to retort frequently
3. to correspond to (to be equivalent to)
4. to counterattack
5. (intransitive) to be responsible (for something)
6. (intransitive) to be a defendant

Hyphenated as

res‧pon‧der

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁes.põˈde(ʁ)/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese responder, from Latin respondēre (“answer”) (likely via Late Latin respondere), from re- + spondeō (“promise”).

Sentences

Você não sabe o que responder .

You don't know what to answer.

Minha mãe assoou-se sem responder .

My mother blew without answering.