corrispondere

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin correspondēre, from Latin cum + respondeō.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

corrispóndere (first-person singular present corrispóndo, first-person singular past historic corrispósi, past participle corrispósto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to correspond (to match up, to be in conformity, to coincide, etc.) [with a ‘to’; or with con ‘with’] [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to repay [with a ‘love, affection, benevolence, etc.’] [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive, uncommon) to correspond (to be in communication) [with con ‘with someone’] [auxiliary avere]
  4. (transitive, figurative, usually passive voice) to reciprocate, to requite (love, affection, interest, etc.)
    amore non corrisposto ― unrequited love
  5. (transitive) to compensate, to remunerate, to pay in exchange (a fee, a salary, etc.)
  6. (transitive) to pay (a fee, a salary, etc.) (in general)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of corrispóndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive corrispóndere
auxiliary verb avére gerund corrispondèndo
present participle corrispondènte past participle corrispósto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present corrispóndo corrispóndi corrispónde corrispondiàmo corrispondéte corrispóndono
imperfect corrispondévo corrispondévi corrispondéva corrispondevàmo corrispondevàte corrispondévano
past historic corrispósi corrispondésti corrispóse corrispondémmo corrispondéste corrispósero
future corrisponderò corrisponderài corrisponderà corrisponderémo corrisponderéte corrisponderànno
conditional corrisponderèi corrisponderésti corrisponderèbbe, corrisponderébbe corrisponderémmo corrisponderéste corrisponderèbbero, corrisponderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present corrispónda corrispónda corrispónda corrispondiàmo corrispondiàte corrispóndano
imperfect corrispondéssi corrispondéssi corrispondésse corrispondéssimo corrispondéste corrispondéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
corrispóndi corrispónda corrispondiàmo corrispondéte corrispóndano
negative imperative non corrispóndere non corrispónda non corrispondiàmo non corrispondéte non corrispóndano

Derived terms

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