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

Concepts

answer

respond

reply

react

be responsible

resolve

answer back

retort

answer to

Opposite of

calar

Synonyms

reagir

atender

repetir

🔁

corresponder

Translations

répondre

rispondere

antworten

responder

antwoorden

contestar

أجاب

respondre

απαντώ

beantwoorden

erwidern

réponse

respondre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁes.põˈde(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: respondeō

In summary

Inherited 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.