respaldar

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Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ espaldar (“back”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /respalˈdaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: res‧pal‧dar

Verb

respaldar (first-person singular present respaldo, first-person singular preterite respaldé, past participle respaldado)

  1. (transitive) to support, back up, stand up for
    Synonym: apoyar
  2. (transitive) to underpin
    Synonym: sustentar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of respaldar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive respaldar
gerund respaldando
past participle masculine feminine
singular respaldado respaldada
plural respaldados respaldadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present respaldo respaldastú
respaldásvos 		respalda respaldamos respaldáis respaldan
imperfect respaldaba respaldabas respaldaba respaldábamos respaldabais respaldaban
preterite respaldé respaldaste respaldó respaldamos respaldasteis respaldaron
future respaldaré respaldarás respaldará respaldaremos respaldaréis respaldarán
conditional respaldaría respaldarías respaldaría respaldaríamos respaldaríais respaldarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present respalde respaldestú
respaldésvos2 		respalde respaldemos respaldéis respalden
imperfect
(ra) 		respaldara respaldaras respaldara respaldáramos respaldarais respaldaran
imperfect
(se) 		respaldase respaldases respaldase respaldásemos respaldaseis respaldasen
future1 respaldare respaldares respaldare respaldáremos respaldareis respaldaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative respaldatú
respaldávos 		respalde respaldemos respaldad respalden
negative no respaldes no respalde no respaldemos no respaldéis no respalden

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of respaldar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive respaldar dative respaldarme respaldarte respaldarle, respaldarse respaldarnos respaldaros respaldarles, respaldarse
accusative respaldarme respaldarte respaldarlo, respaldarla, respaldarse respaldarnos respaldaros respaldarlos, respaldarlas, respaldarse
with gerund respaldando dative respaldándome respaldándote respaldándole, respaldándose respaldándonos respaldándoos respaldándoles, respaldándose
accusative respaldándome respaldándote respaldándolo, respaldándola, respaldándose respaldándonos respaldándoos respaldándolos, respaldándolas, respaldándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative respalda dative respáldame respáldate respáldale respáldanos not used respáldales
accusative respáldame respáldate respáldalo, respáldala respáldanos not used respáldalos, respáldalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative respaldá dative respaldame respaldate respaldale respaldanos not used respaldales
accusative respaldame respaldate respaldalo, respaldala respaldanos not used respaldalos, respaldalas
with formal second-person singular imperative respalde dative respáldeme not used respáldele, respáldese respáldenos not used respáldeles
accusative respáldeme not used respáldelo, respáldela, respáldese respáldenos not used respáldelos, respáldelas
with first-person plural imperative respaldemos dative not used respaldémoste respaldémosle respaldémonos respaldémoos respaldémosles
accusative not used respaldémoste respaldémoslo, respaldémosla respaldémonos respaldémoos respaldémoslos, respaldémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative respaldad dative respaldadme not used respaldadle respaldadnos respaldaos respaldadles
accusative respaldadme not used respaldadlo, respaldadla respaldadnos respaldaos respaldadlos, respaldadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative respalden dative respáldenme not used respáldenle respáldennos not used respáldenles, respáldense
accusative respáldenme not used respáldenlo, respáldenla respáldennos not used respáldenlos, respáldenlas, respáldense

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