respectar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin respectō, respectāre.
Verb
respectar (first-person singular present respecto, past participle respectat)
- to respect
Conjugation
Conjugation of respectar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | respectar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | respectant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | respectat | respectada | |||||
| plural | respectats | respectades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | respecto | respectes | respecta | respectem | respecteu | respecten | |
| imperfect | respectava | respectaves | respectava | respectàvem | respectàveu | respectaven | |
| future | respectaré | respectaràs | respectarà | respectarem | respectareu | respectaran | |
| preterite | respectí | respectares | respectà | respectàrem | respectàreu | respectaren | |
| conditional | respectaria | respectaries | respectaria | respectaríem | respectaríeu | respectarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | respecti | respectis | respecti | respectem | respecteu | respectin | |
| imperfect | respectés | respectessis | respectés | respectéssim | respectéssiu | respectessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | respecta | respecti | respectem | respecteu | respectin | ||
Related terms
- respectable
- respecte
- respectiu
- respectuós
Further reading
- “respectar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “respectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “respectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “respectar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Alternative forms
- respeitar
Etymology
From Latin respectāre.
Verb
respectar (first-person singular present respecto, first-person singular preterite respectei, past participle respectado)
- to respect, look up to
- to revere, venerate
- to honour
- to concern, regard
Conjugation
Conjugation of respectar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | respectar | |||||
| personal | respectar | respectares | respectar | respectarmos | respectardes | respectaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| respectando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | respectado | respectados | ||||
| feminine | respectada | respectadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | respecto | respectas | respecta | respectamos | respectades | respectan |
| imperfect | respectaba | respectabas | respectaba | respectabamos | respectabades | respectaban |
| preterite | respectei | respectaches | respectou | respectamos | respectastes | respectaron |
| pluperfect | respectara | respectaras | respectara | respectaramos | respectarades | respectaran |
| future | respectarei | respectarás | respectará | respectaremos | respectaredes | respectarán |
| conditional | respectaría | respectarías | respectaría | respectariamos | respectariades | respectarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | respecte | respectes | respecte | respectemos | respectedes | respecten |
| preterite | respectase | respectases | respectase | respectásemos | respectásedes | respectasen |
| future | respectar | respectares | respectar | respectarmos | respectardes | respectaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | respecta | respecte | respectemos | respectade | respecten |
| negative | – | respectes | respecte | respectemos | respectedes | respecten |
References
- “respectar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Interlingua
Verb
respectar
- to respect
Conjugation
Conjugation of respectar
| infinitive | respectar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| participle | present | perfect | |
| respectante | respectate | ||
| active | simple | perfect | |
| present | respecta | ha respectate | |
| past | respectava | habeva respectate | |
| future | respectara | habera respectate | |
| conditional | respectarea | haberea respectate | |
| imperative | respecta | ||
| passive | simple | perfect | |
| present | es respectate | ha essite respectate | |
| past | esseva respectate | habeva essite respectate | |
| future | essera respectate | habera essite respectate | |
| conditional | esserea respectate | haberea essite respectate | |
| imperative | sia respectate | ||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin respectō, respectāre. See also the doublet respetar.
Verb
respectar (first-person singular present respecto, first-person singular preterite respecté, past participle respectado)
- to relate to; to be concerned or involved with
- (dated) to respect (to have respect or consideration toward)
Conjugation
Conjugation of respectar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | respectar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | respectando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | respectado | respectada | |||||
| plural | respectados | respectadas | |||||
| 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 | respecto | respectastú respectásvos | respecta | respectamos | respectáis | respectan | |
| imperfect | respectaba | respectabas | respectaba | respectábamos | respectabais | respectaban | |
| preterite | respecté | respectaste | respectó | respectamos | respectasteis | respectaron | |
| future | respectaré | respectarás | respectará | respectaremos | respectaréis | respectarán | |
| conditional | respectaría | respectarías | respectaría | respectaríamos | respectaríais | respectarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | respecte | respectestú respectésvos2 | respecte | respectemos | respectéis | respecten | |
| imperfect (ra) | respectara | respectaras | respectara | respectáramos | respectarais | respectaran | |
| imperfect (se) | respectase | respectases | respectase | respectásemos | respectaseis | respectasen | |
| future1 | respectare | respectares | respectare | respectáremos | respectareis | respectaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | respectatú respectávos | respecte | respectemos | respectad | respecten | ||
| negative | no respectes | no respecte | no respectemos | no respectéis | no respecten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- por lo que respecta a
Related terms
- respecto
- respetar
Further reading
- “respectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014