respecto

See also: respectó

Catalan

Verb

respecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of respectar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin respectus.

Noun

respecto m (plural respectos)

1. respect

Derived terms

• respectuoso

Related terms

• respectar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

respecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of respectar

Further reading

• “respecto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Interlingua

Noun

respecto (plural respectos)

1. respect, regard
2. (countable) relation, respect

   con respecto a ― with respect to

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ spectō, cf. respectus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /resˈpek.toː/, [rɛs̠ˈpɛkt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /resˈpek.to/, [resˈpɛkt̪o]

Verb

respectō (present infinitive respectāre, perfect active respectāvī, supine respectātum); first conjugation

1. to look back, around, continuously or intently
2. to await

Conjugation

   Conjugation of respectō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	respectō		respectās		respectat		respectāmus		respectātis		respectant
	imperfect	respectābam		respectābās		respectābat		respectābāmus		respectābātis		respectābant
	future	respectābō		respectābis		respectābit		respectābimus		respectābitis		respectābunt
	perfect	respectāvī		respectāvistī		respectāvit		respectāvimus		respectāvistis		respectāvērunt, respectāvēre
	pluperfect	respectāveram		respectāverās		respectāverat		respectāverāmus		respectāverātis		respectāverant
	future perfect	respectāverō		respectāveris		respectāverit		respectāverimus		respectāveritis		respectāverint
passive	present	respector		respectāris, respectāre		respectātur		respectāmur		respectāminī		respectantur
	imperfect	respectābar		respectābāris, respectābāre		respectābātur		respectābāmur		respectābāminī		respectābantur
	future	respectābor		respectāberis, respectābere		respectābitur		respectābimur		respectābiminī		respectābuntur
	perfect	respectātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	respectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	respectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	respectem		respectēs		respectet		respectēmus		respectētis		respectent
	imperfect	respectārem		respectārēs		respectāret		respectārēmus		respectārētis		respectārent
	perfect	respectāverim		respectāverīs		respectāverit		respectāverīmus		respectāverītis		respectāverint
	pluperfect	respectāvissem		respectāvissēs		respectāvisset		respectāvissēmus		respectāvissētis		respectāvissent
passive	present	respecter		respectēris, respectēre		respectētur		respectēmur		respectēminī		respectentur
	imperfect	respectārer		respectārēris, respectārēre		respectārētur		respectārēmur		respectārēminī		respectārentur
	perfect	respectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	respectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		respectā		—		—		respectāte		—
	future	—		respectātō		respectātō		—		respectātōte		respectantō
passive	present	—		respectāre		—		—		respectāminī		—
	future	—		respectātor		respectātor		—		—		respectantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		respectāre			respectārī			respectāns			—
future		respectātūrum esse			respectātum īrī			respectātūrus			respectandus
perfect		respectāvisse			respectātum esse			—			respectātus
future perfect		—			respectātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		respectātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		respectandī		respectandō		respectandum		respectandō		respectātum		respectātū

Related terms

• respectus

Descendants

• Catalan: respectar
• Corsican: rispettà, rispittà
• English: respect
• French: respecter
• Friulian: rispietâ
• Galician: respectar
• Italian: rispettare
• Lombard: rispetà
• Occitan: respectar
• Piedmontese: rispeté
• Portuguese: respeitar
• Romanian: respecta
• Spanish: respectar, respetar

References

• “respecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “respecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• respecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resˈpeɡto/ [resˈpeɣ̞.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -eɡto
• Syllabification: res‧pec‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin respectus. Doublet of respeto.

Noun

respecto m (plural respectos)

1. respect, regard, connection, relation, relationship

Derived terms

• al respecto
• con respecto a (“with regard to, with respect to, concerning”)
• respecto a

Related terms

• respeto

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

respecto

1. first-person singular present indicative of respectar

Further reading

• “respecto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10