corresponder
English
Etymology
correspond + -er
Noun
corresponder (plural corresponders)
- One who corresponds, or writes letters.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin correspondēre.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ʁes.põˈde(ʁ)/ [ko.hes.põˈde(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.ʁes.põˈde(ɾ)/ [ko.hes.põˈde(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.ʁeʃ.põˈde(ʁ)/ [ko.χeʃ.põˈde(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ʁes.põˈde(ɻ)/ [ko.hes.põˈde(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.ʁɨʃ.põˈdeɾ/
- Hyphenation: cor‧res‧pon‧der
Verb
corresponder (first-person singular present correspondo, first-person singular preterite correspondi, past participle correspondido)
- to correspond, match
- to be proportional
- to be equivalent (to)
- to be suitable
Conjugation
Conjugation of corresponder (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | corresponder | |||||
| Personal | corresponder | corresponderes | corresponder | correspondermos | corresponderdes | corresponderem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| correspondendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | correspondido | correspondidos | ||||
| Feminine | correspondida | correspondidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | correspondo | correspondes | corresponde | correspondemos | correspondeis | correspondem |
| Imperfect | correspondia | correspondias | correspondia | correspondíamos | correspondíeis | correspondiam |
| Preterite | correspondi | correspondeste | correspondeu | correspondemos | correspondestes | corresponderam |
| Pluperfect | correspondera | corresponderas | correspondera | correspondêramos | correspondêreis | corresponderam |
| Future | corresponderei | corresponderás | corresponderá | corresponderemos | correspondereis | corresponderão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| corresponderia | corresponderias | corresponderia | corresponderíamos | corresponderíeis | corresponderiam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | corresponda | correspondas | corresponda | correspondamos | correspondais | correspondam |
| Imperfect | correspondesse | correspondesses | correspondesse | correspondêssemos | correspondêsseis | correspondessem |
| Future | corresponder | corresponderes | corresponder | correspondermos | corresponderdes | corresponderem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | corresponde | corresponda | correspondamos | correspondei | correspondam | |
| Negative (não) | não correspondas | não corresponda | não correspondamos | não correspondais | não correspondam | |
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin correspondeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koresponˈdeɾ/ [ko.res.põn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: co‧rres‧pon‧der
Verb
corresponder (first-person singular present correspondo, first-person singular preterite correspondí, past participle correspondido)
- (intransitive, with a) to correspond to (be similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.)
- Desde punto de vista gramatical, varios usos del infinitivo español corresponden con frecuencia a casos en que se emplearía el gerundio en inglés.
- From a grammatical perspective, several uses of the Spanish infinitive frequently correspond to cases in which the gerund would be used in English.
- (transitive) to respond to
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- (transitive) to love to one's back, return someone's love
- (intransitive) to reciprocate (to love somebody in response)
- to behoove, to be suitable
- to reward
Usage notes
- Corresponder is a false friend, and does not mean "to correspond via letters". The phrase for that in Spanish is escribirse con.
Conjugation
Conjugation of corresponder (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | corresponder | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | correspondiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | correspondido | correspondida | |||||
| plural | correspondidos | correspondidas | |||||
| 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 | correspondo | correspondestú correspondésvos | corresponde | correspondemos | correspondéis | corresponden | |
| imperfect | correspondía | correspondías | correspondía | correspondíamos | correspondíais | correspondían | |
| preterite | correspondí | correspondiste | correspondió | correspondimos | correspondisteis | correspondieron | |
| future | corresponderé | corresponderás | corresponderá | corresponderemos | corresponderéis | corresponderán | |
| conditional | correspondería | corresponderías | correspondería | corresponderíamos | corresponderíais | corresponderían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | corresponda | correspondastú correspondásvos2 | corresponda | correspondamos | correspondáis | correspondan | |
| imperfect (ra) | correspondiera | correspondieras | correspondiera | correspondiéramos | correspondierais | correspondieran | |
| imperfect (se) | correspondiese | correspondieses | correspondiese | correspondiésemos | correspondieseis | correspondiesen | |
| future1 | correspondiere | correspondieres | correspondiere | correspondiéremos | correspondiereis | correspondieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | correspondetú correspondévos | corresponda | correspondamos | corresponded | correspondan | ||
| negative | no correspondas | no corresponda | no correspondamos | no correspondáis | no correspondan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of corresponder
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 corresponder | |||||||
| dative | corresponderme | corresponderte | corresponderle, corresponderse | correspondernos | corresponderos | corresponderles, corresponderse | |
| accusative | corresponderme | corresponderte | corresponderlo, corresponderla, corresponderse | correspondernos | corresponderos | corresponderlos, corresponderlas, corresponderse | |
| with gerund correspondiendo | |||||||
| dative | correspondiéndome | correspondiéndote | correspondiéndole, correspondiéndose | correspondiéndonos | correspondiéndoos | correspondiéndoles, correspondiéndose | |
| accusative | correspondiéndome | correspondiéndote | correspondiéndolo, correspondiéndola, correspondiéndose | correspondiéndonos | correspondiéndoos | correspondiéndolos, correspondiéndolas, correspondiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative corresponde | |||||||
| dative | correspóndeme | correspóndete | correspóndele | correspóndenos | not used | correspóndeles | |
| accusative | correspóndeme | correspóndete | correspóndelo, correspóndela | correspóndenos | not used | correspóndelos, correspóndelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative correspondé | |||||||
| dative | correspondeme | correspondete | correspondele | correspondenos | not used | correspondeles | |
| accusative | correspondeme | correspondete | correspondelo, correspondela | correspondenos | not used | correspondelos, correspondelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative corresponda | |||||||
| dative | correspóndame | not used | correspóndale, correspóndase | correspóndanos | not used | correspóndales | |
| accusative | correspóndame | not used | correspóndalo, correspóndala, correspóndase | correspóndanos | not used | correspóndalos, correspóndalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative correspondamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | correspondámoste | correspondámosle | correspondámonos | correspondámoos | correspondámosles | |
| accusative | not used | correspondámoste | correspondámoslo, correspondámosla | correspondámonos | correspondámoos | correspondámoslos, correspondámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative corresponded | |||||||
| dative | correspondedme | not used | correspondedle | correspondednos | correspondeos | correspondedles | |
| accusative | correspondedme | not used | correspondedlo, correspondedla | correspondednos | correspondeos | correspondedlos, correspondedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative correspondan | |||||||
| dative | correspóndanme | not used | correspóndanle | correspóndannos | not used | correspóndanles, correspóndanse | |
| accusative | correspóndanme | not used | correspóndanlo, correspóndanla | correspóndannos | not used | correspóndanlos, correspóndanlas, correspóndanse | |
Derived terms
- amor no correspondido
Further reading
- “corresponder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014