responder

English

Etymology

respond + -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

responder (plural responders)

  1. One who responds.
    • 2014, Geoffrey N. Leech, The Pragmatics of Politeness (page 31)
      As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn []
  2. A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons.
    911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.

Anagrams


Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō.

Verb

responder

  1. (transitive) to respond

References


Asturian

Etymology

From Latin respondēre, likely via Late Latin respondere.[1]

Verb

responder

  1. respond

Conjugation

References

  1. Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), */resˈpɔnd-e-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese responder, from Latin respondēre (likely via Late Latin respondere).[1]

Verb

responder (first-person singular present respondo, first-person singular preterite respondín, past participle respondido)

  1. to answer, to reply

Conjugation

References

  1. Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), */resˈpɔnd-e-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

Interlingua

Verb

responder

  1. to answer

Conjugation


Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese responder, from Latin respondēre (answer) (likely via Late Latin respondere),[1] from re- + spondeō (promise).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁes.põˈde(ʁ)/ [hes.põˈde(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁes.põˈde(ɾ)/ [hes.põˈde(ɾ)]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeʃ.põˈde(ʁ)/ [χeʃ.põˈde(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁes.põˈde(ɻ)/ [hes.põˈde(ɻ)]

  • Hyphenation: res‧pon‧der

Verb

responder (first-person singular present respondo, first-person singular preterite respondi, past participle respondido)

  1. to answer; to reply (to give a written or spoken response)
    Synonyms: replicar, retorquir, retrucar
    Antonym: calar
  2. (intransitive) to retort frequently
    Synonym: retrucar
  3. to correspond to (to be equivalent to)
    Synonyms: corresponder, equivaler
  4. to counterattack
    Synonyms: contratacar, reagir, revidar
  5. (intransitive) to be responsible (for something)
  6. (law, intransitive) to be a defendant

Conjugation

References

  1. Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), */resˈpɔnd-e-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish responder, inherited from Latin respondēre (likely via Late Latin respondere).[1] The original past participle was respuso or repuso in Old Spanish.[2] The expected diphthongization of stressed Latin /ŏ/ is found in Asturian responder and sporadically in Old Spanish as well.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /responˈdeɾ/ [res.põn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: res‧pon‧der

Verb

responder (first-person singular present respondo, first-person singular preterite respondí, past participle respondido)

  1. to answer, to reply
    Synonyms: contestar, replicar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Buchi, Éva; Schweickard, Wolfgang (2008-), */resˈpɔnd-e-/”, in Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman, Nancy: Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française.
  2. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “responder”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 887

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