responder

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English

Etymology

respond +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: re‧spond‧er

Noun

responder (plural responders)

  1. One who responds.
    • 2014, Geoffrey N. Leech, The Pragmatics of Politeness (page 31)
      As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]
  2. A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons.
    911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō.

Verb

responder

  1. (transitive) to respond

References

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō.

Verb

responder

  1. to respond

Conjugation

Conjugation of responder
infinitive responder
gerundive respondiendo
participle m respondíu, f respondida, n respondío, m pl respondíos, f pl respondíes
person first singular
yo 		second singular
tu 		third singular
él/elli 		first plural
nosotros/nós 		second plural
vosotros/vós 		third plural
ellos
indicative present respuendo respuendes respuende respondemos respondéis respuenden
preterite imperfect respondía respondíes respondía respondíemos respondíeis respondíen
preterite indefinite respondí respondiesti respondió respondiemos respondiestis respondieron
pluperfect respondiere respondieres respondiere respondiéremos respondiereis respondieren
subjunctive present respuenda respuendas respuenda respondamos respondáis respuendan
preterite imperfect respondiere respondieres respondiere respondiéremos respondiereis respondieren
potential future responderé responderás responderá responderemos responderéis responderán
conditional respondería responderíes respondería responderíemos/responderíamos responderíeis/responderíais responderíen
imperative respuendi respondéi

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese responder, from Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō.

Verb

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  1. to answer, to reply

Conjugation

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Interlingua

Verb

responder

  1. to answer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of responder
infinitive responder
participle present perfect
respondente respondite
active simple perfect
present responde ha respondite
past respondeva habeva respondite
future respondera habera respondite
conditional responderea haberea respondite
imperative responde
passive simple perfect
present es respondite ha essite respondite
past esseva respondite habeva essite respondite
future essera respondite habera essite respondite
conditional esserea respondite haberea essite respondite
imperative sia respondite

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese responder, from Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō (“I answer”), from re- + spondeō (“I promise”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: res‧pon‧der

Verb

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  1. to answer; to reply (to give a written or spoken response)
    Synonyms: replicar, retorquir, retrucar
    Antonym: calar
  2. (intransitive) to retort frequently
    Synonym: retrucar
  3. to correspond to (to be equivalent to)
    Synonyms: corresponder, equivaler
  4. to counterattack
    Synonyms: contratacar, reagir, revidar
  5. (intransitive) to be responsible (for something)
  6. (law, intransitive) to be a defendant

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish responder, inherited from Latin respondēre. The original past participle was respuso or repuso in Old Spanish.[1] The expected diphthongization of stressed Latin /ŏ/ is found in Asturian responder and sporadically in Old Spanish as well.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /responˈdeɾ/ [res.põn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)

Verb

responder (first-person singular present respondo, first-person singular preterite respondí, past participle respondido)

  1. to answer, to reply
    Synonyms: contestar, replicar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of responder (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive responder
gerund respondiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular respondido respondida
plural respondidos respondidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present respondo respondestú
respondésvos 		responde respondemos respondéis responden
imperfect respondía respondías respondía respondíamos respondíais respondían
preterite respondí respondiste respondió respondimos respondisteis respondieron
future responderé responderás responderá responderemos responderéis responderán
conditional respondería responderías respondería responderíamos responderíais responderían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present responda respondastú
respondásvos2 		responda respondamos respondáis respondan
imperfect
(ra) 		respondiera respondieras respondiera respondiéramos respondierais respondieran
imperfect
(se) 		respondiese respondieses respondiese respondiésemos respondieseis respondiesen
future1 respondiere respondieres respondiere respondiéremos respondiereis respondieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative respondetú
respondévos 		responda respondamos responded respondan
negative no respondas no responda no respondamos no respondáis no respondan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of responder

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive responder
dative responderme responderte responderle, responderse respondernos responderos responderles, responderse
accusative responderme responderte responderlo, responderla, responderse respondernos responderos responderlos, responderlas, responderse
with gerund respondiendo
dative respondiéndome respondiéndote respondiéndole, respondiéndose respondiéndonos respondiéndoos respondiéndoles, respondiéndose
accusative respondiéndome respondiéndote respondiéndolo, respondiéndola, respondiéndose respondiéndonos respondiéndoos respondiéndolos, respondiéndolas, respondiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative responde
dative respóndeme respóndete respóndele respóndenos not used respóndeles
accusative respóndeme respóndete respóndelo, respóndela respóndenos not used respóndelos, respóndelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative respondé
dative respondeme respondete respondele respondenos not used respondeles
accusative respondeme respondete respondelo, respondela respondenos not used respondelos, respondelas
with formal second-person singular imperative responda
dative respóndame not used respóndale, respóndase respóndanos not used respóndales
accusative respóndame not used respóndalo, respóndala, respóndase respóndanos not used respóndalos, respóndalas
with first-person plural imperative respondamos
dative not used respondámoste respondámosle respondámonos respondámoos respondámosles
accusative not used respondámoste respondámoslo, respondámosla respondámonos respondámoos respondámoslos, respondámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative responded
dative respondedme not used respondedle respondednos respondeos respondedles
accusative respondedme not used respondedlo, respondedla respondednos respondeos respondedlos, respondedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative respondan
dative respóndanme not used respóndanle respóndannos not used respóndanles, respóndanse
accusative respóndanme not used respóndanlo, respóndanla respóndannos not used respóndanlos, respóndanlas, respóndanse

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “responder”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 887

Further reading

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