respecto

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See also: respectó

Catalan

Verb

respecto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of respectar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin respectus.

Noun

respecto m (plural respectos)

  1. respect
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

respecto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of respectar

Further reading

Interlingua

Noun

respecto (plural respectos)

  1. respect, regard
  2. (countable) relation, respect
    con respecto awith respect to

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ spectō, cf. respectus.

Pronunciation

Verb

respectō (present infinitive respectāre, perfect active respectāvī, supine respectātum); first conjugation

  1. to look back, around, continuously or intently
  2. to await

Conjugation

   Conjugation of respectō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present respectō respectās respectat respectāmus respectātis respectant
imperfect respectābam respectābās respectābat respectābāmus respectābātis respectābant
future respectābō respectābis respectābit respectābimus respectābitis respectābunt
perfect respectāvī respectāvistī respectāvit respectāvimus respectāvistis respectāvērunt,
respectāvēre
pluperfect respectāveram respectāverās respectāverat respectāverāmus respectāverātis respectāverant
future perfect respectāverō respectāveris respectāverit respectāverimus respectāveritis respectāverint
passive present respector respectāris,
respectāre
respectātur respectāmur respectāminī respectantur
imperfect respectābar respectābāris,
respectābāre
respectābātur respectābāmur respectābāminī respectābantur
future respectābor respectāberis,
respectābere
respectābitur respectābimur respectābiminī respectābuntur
perfect respectātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect respectātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect respectātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present respectem respectēs respectet respectēmus respectētis respectent
imperfect respectārem respectārēs respectāret respectārēmus respectārētis respectārent
perfect respectāverim respectāverīs respectāverit respectāverīmus respectāverītis respectāverint
pluperfect respectāvissem respectāvissēs respectāvisset respectāvissēmus respectāvissētis respectāvissent
passive present respecter respectēris,
respectēre
respectētur respectēmur respectēminī respectentur
imperfect respectārer respectārēris,
respectārēre
respectārētur respectārēmur respectārēminī respectārentur
perfect respectātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect respectātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present respectā respectāte
future respectātō respectātō respectātōte respectantō
passive present respectāre respectāminī
future respectātor respectātor respectantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives respectāre respectāvisse respectātūrum esse respectārī respectātum esse respectātum īrī
participles respectāns respectātūrus respectātus respectandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
respectandī respectandō respectandum respectandō respectātum respectātū

Descendants

References

  • respecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • respecto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • respecto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /resˈpeɡto/
  • Rhymes: -eɡto
  • Syllabification: res‧pec‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin respectus. Doublet of respeto.

Noun

respecto m (plural respectos)

  1. respect, regard, connection, relation, relationship
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

respecto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of respectar

Further reading