Italian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /riˈspon.de.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ondere
  • Hyphenation: ri‧spón‧de‧re

Verb

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rispóndere (first-person singular present rispóndo, first-person singular past historic rispósi, past participle rispósto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to answer, to reply, to respond [with a ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to correspond [with a ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive) to be responsible [with di ‘for’] [auxiliary avere]
  4. (transitive) to write or say in response

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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