"to respond, to answer" in seven languages
Meaningto respond, to answer
Spanish
responder
/responˈdeɾ/
inherited
Contestar is just as common for answering a question or the phone.
French
répondre
/ʁepɔ̃dʁ/
inherited
Italian
rispondere
/risˈpondere/
inherited
Portuguese
responder
/hespõˈdeh/
inherited
Romanian
răspunde
/rəsˈpunde/
inherited
Catalan
respondre
/rəsˈpondɾə/
inherited
English
respond
/ɹɪˈspɑnd/
from Latin/French · Old French respondre and Latin RESPONDĒRE
English → Italianto respond, to answerrispondereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
RESPONDĒRE‘to promise in return, to answer’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French dropped the s before d (Old French respondre); English kept it from the older spelling. Everyday English says answer, but in the sisters this is the basic verb.
English relatives: response, responsible, correspond
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In a sentence
- esNo respondió a mi mensaje.
- frElle n'a pas répondu à mon message.
- itNon ha risposto al mio messaggio.
- ptEla não respondeu à minha mensagem.
- roNu mi-a răspuns la mesaj.
- caNo va respondre al meu missatge.
- enShe didn't respond to my message.
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