respetar

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Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin respectāre. See also the learned doublet respectar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /respeˈtaɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: res‧pe‧tar

Verb

respetar (first-person singular present respeto, first-person singular preterite respeté, past participle respetado)

  1. to respect

Conjugation

    Conjugation of respetar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive respetar
gerund respetando
past participle masculine feminine
singular respetado respetada
plural respetados respetadas
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 respeto respetastú
respetásvos 		respeta respetamos respetáis respetan
imperfect respetaba respetabas respetaba respetábamos respetabais respetaban
preterite respeté respetaste respetó respetamos respetasteis respetaron
future respetaré respetarás respetará respetaremos respetaréis respetarán
conditional respetaría respetarías respetaría respetaríamos respetaríais respetarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present respete respetestú
respetésvos2 		respete respetemos respetéis respeten
imperfect
(ra) 		respetara respetaras respetara respetáramos respetarais respetaran
imperfect
(se) 		respetase respetases respetase respetásemos respetaseis respetasen
future1 respetare respetares respetare respetáremos respetareis respetaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative respetatú
respetávos 		respete respetemos respetad respeten
negative no respetes no respete no respetemos no respetéis no respeten

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

    Selected combined forms of respetar

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 respetar
dative respetarme respetarte respetarle, respetarse respetarnos respetaros respetarles, respetarse
accusative respetarme respetarte respetarlo, respetarla, respetarse respetarnos respetaros respetarlos, respetarlas, respetarse
with gerund respetando
dative respetándome respetándote respetándole, respetándose respetándonos respetándoos respetándoles, respetándose
accusative respetándome respetándote respetándolo, respetándola, respetándose respetándonos respetándoos respetándolos, respetándolas, respetándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative respeta
dative respétame respétate respétale respétanos not used respétales
accusative respétame respétate respétalo, respétala respétanos not used respétalos, respétalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative respetá
dative respetame respetate respetale respetanos not used respetales
accusative respetame respetate respetalo, respetala respetanos not used respetalos, respetalas
with formal second-person singular imperative respete
dative respéteme not used respétele, respétese respétenos not used respételes
accusative respéteme not used respételo, respétela, respétese respétenos not used respételos, respételas
with first-person plural imperative respetemos
dative not used respetémoste respetémosle respetémonos respetémoos respetémosles
accusative not used respetémoste respetémoslo, respetémosla respetémonos respetémoos respetémoslos, respetémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative respetad
dative respetadme not used respetadle respetadnos respetaos respetadles
accusative respetadme not used respetadlo, respetadla respetadnos respetaos respetadlos, respetadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative respeten
dative respétenme not used respétenle respétennos not used respétenles, respétense
accusative respétenme not used respétenlo, respétenla respétennos not used respétenlos, respétenlas, respétense

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References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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