respondo

respondo

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resˈpondo/
• Hyphenation: res‧pon‧do
• Rhymes: -ondo

Noun

respondo (accusative singular respondon, plural respondoj, accusative plural respondojn)

1. answer, reply, response

Derived terms

• respondado
• respondi

 

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Ido

Noun

respondo (plural respondi)

1. answer

   Antonym: questiono

Derived terms

• respondar
• respondizar

 

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Italian

Verb

respondo

1. first-person singular present indicative of respondere

Anagrams

• sperdono

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Latin

Etymology

From Classical respondeō, with a change in verb class. Attested in the Mulomedicina Chironis.

Pronunciation

• (Proto-Romance) IPA^(key): /resˈpɔndo/

Verb

respondō (present infinitive respondere, perfect active respondī or *respōnsī, supine respōnsum); third conjugation

1. (Late Latin) Alternative form of respondeō (“reply”)

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: respun
  • Romanian: răspunde, răspundere
• Dalmatian:
  • respondro
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: risponda
  • Italian: rispondere
  • Sicilian: rispùnniri, arrispùnniri
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: respòndere, respònnere, rispùndiri, rispùnniri
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: rispuindi
  • Istriot: raspóndi
  • Ladin: respogne, respuender
  • Piedmontese: rësponde, arsponde
  • Romansch: respunder, rispunder, raspunder, respuonder, rasponder
  • Venetian: risponder, responder
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Franco-Provençal: respondre
    • Franco-Provençal: rèpondre
  • Old French: respondre (see there for further descendants)
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: respondre
  • Gascon: respóner, arrespóner
  • Occitan: respondre
  • Ribagorçan: responre
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: responder
  • Asturian: responder
  • Mirandese: respunder
  • Old Portuguese: responder
    • Galician: responder
    • Portuguese: responder
  • Old Spanish: responder
    • Spanish: responder
    • →? Sabir: respondir

References

• Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), “*/resˈpɔnd-e-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “respondĕre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 10: R, page 314

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Portuguese

Verb

respondo

1. first-person singular present indicative of responder

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /resˈpondo/ [resˈpõn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -ondo
• Syllabification: res‧pon‧do

Verb

respondo

1. first-person singular present indicative of responder