Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

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 [+ a (object) = to] [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to correspond [+ a (object) = to] [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive) to be responsible [+ di (object) = for] [auxiliary avere]
  4. (transitive) to write or say in response

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