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English
Etymology
correspond + -er
Noun
corresponder (plural corresponders)
- One who corresponds, or writes letters.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Medieval Latin correspondēre.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cor‧res‧pon‧der
Verb
corresponder (first-person singular present correspondo, first-person singular preterite correspondi, past participle correspondido)
- to correspond, match
- to be proportional
- to be equivalent (to)
- to be suitable
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin correspondēre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koresponˈdeɾ/
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: co‧rres‧pon‧der
Verb
corresponder (first-person singular present correspondo, first-person singular preterite correspondí, past participle correspondido)
- (intransitive, with a) to correspond to (be similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.)
Desde punto de vista gramatical, varios usos del infinitivo español corresponden con frecuencia a casos en que se emplearía el gerundio en inglés.- From a grammatical perspective, several uses of the Spanish infinitive frequently correspond to cases in which the gerund would be used in English.
- (transitive) to respond to
2017 July 13, “ La relación de amabilidad y desconfianza entre Trump y Macron”, in El Comercio:Durante su primer encuentro con Macron, en la cumbre de la OTAN en Bruselas el 25 de mayo, pudo constatar que el presidente más joven de la historia de Francia supo corresponderle.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (transitive) to love to one's back, return someone's love
- (intransitive) to reciprocate (to love somebody in response)
- to behoove, to be suitable
- to reward
Usage notes
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of corresponder
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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| with infinitive corresponder
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| dative
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corresponderme
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corresponderte
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corresponderle, corresponderse
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correspondernos
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corresponderos
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corresponderles, corresponderse
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| accusative
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corresponderme
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corresponderte
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corresponderlo, corresponderla, corresponderse
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correspondernos
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corresponderos
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corresponderlos, corresponderlas, corresponderse
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| with gerund correspondiendo
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| dative
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correspondiéndome
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correspondiéndote
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correspondiéndole, correspondiéndose
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correspondiéndonos
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correspondiéndoos
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correspondiéndoles, correspondiéndose
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| accusative
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correspondiéndome
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correspondiéndote
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correspondiéndolo, correspondiéndola, correspondiéndose
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correspondiéndonos
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correspondiéndoos
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correspondiéndolos, correspondiéndolas, correspondiéndose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative corresponde
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| dative
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correspóndeme
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correspóndete
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correspóndele
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correspóndenos
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not used
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correspóndeles
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| accusative
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correspóndeme
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correspóndete
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correspóndelo, correspóndela
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correspóndenos
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not used
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correspóndelos, correspóndelas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative correspondé
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| dative
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correspondeme
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correspondete
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correspondele
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correspondenos
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not used
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correspondeles
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| accusative
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correspondeme
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correspondete
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correspondelo, correspondela
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correspondenos
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not used
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correspondelos, correspondelas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative corresponda
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| dative
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correspóndame
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not used
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correspóndale, correspóndase
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correspóndanos
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not used
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correspóndales
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| accusative
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correspóndame
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not used
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correspóndalo, correspóndala, correspóndase
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correspóndanos
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not used
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correspóndalos, correspóndalas
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| dative
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not used
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correspondámoste
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correspondámosle
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correspondámonos
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correspondámoos
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correspondámosles
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| accusative
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not used
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correspondámoste
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correspondámoslo, correspondámosla
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correspondámonos
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correspondámoos
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correspondámoslos, correspondámoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative corresponded
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| dative
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correspondedme
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not used
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correspondedle
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correspondednos
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correspondeos
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correspondedles
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| accusative
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correspondedme
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not used
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correspondedlo, correspondedla
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correspondednos
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correspondeos
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correspondedlos, correspondedlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative correspondan
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| dative
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correspóndanme
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not used
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correspóndanle
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correspóndannos
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not used
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correspóndanles, correspóndanse
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| accusative
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correspóndanme
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not used
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correspóndanlo, correspóndanla
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correspóndannos
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not used
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correspóndanlos, correspóndanlas, correspóndanse
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