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Catalan
Verb
respecto
- first-person singular present indicative of respectar
Galician
Etymology 1
From Latin respectus.
Noun
respecto m (plural respectos)
- respect
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
respecto
- first-person singular present indicative of respectar
Further reading
Interlingua
Noun
respecto (plural respectos)
- respect, regard
- (countable) relation, respect
- con respecto a ― with respect to
Latin
Etymology
From re- + spectō, cf. respectus.
Pronunciation
Verb
respectō (present infinitive respectāre, perfect active respectāvī, supine respectātum); first conjugation
- to look back, around, continuously or intently
- to await
Conjugation
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)
- respect, regard, connection, relation, relationship
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
respecto
- first-person singular present indicative of respectar
Further reading