rispondere
Italian
Alternative forms
- responnere (Romanesco, archaic)
Etymology
From Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /risˈpon.de.re/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ondere
- Hyphenation: ri‧spón‧de‧re
Verb
rispóndere (first-person singular present rispóndo, first-person singular past historic rispósi, past participle rispósto, auxiliary avére)
- (intransitive) to answer, to reply, to respond [with a ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to correspond [with a ‘to’] [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to be responsible [with di ‘for’] [auxiliary avere]
- (transitive) to write or say in response
Conjugation
Conjugation of rispóndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)