responder

English

Etymology

respond +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈspɑndɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈspɒndə/
• Hyphenation: re‧spond‧er

Noun

responder (plural responders)

1. One who responds.
   • 2014, Geoffrey N. Leech, The Pragmatics of Politeness, page 31:

     As Levinson (1983: 334) points out, signs of dispreference in turn taking include: (a) Delays: notably a pause, or a time gap, before the responder replies to the preceding turn […]

2. A person who responds to an emergency situation or other summons.

   911 responders arrived at the scene within five minutes after the call.

Derived terms

Related terms

• responser
• responsor

Anagrams

• ponderers, reponders

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin respondēre, present active infinitive of respondeō.

Verb

responder

1. (transitive) to respond

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “responder”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin respondēre, likely via Late Latin respondere.

Verb

responder

1. respond

Conjugation

Related terms

• respuesta

References

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese responder, from Latin respondēre (likely via Late Latin respondere).

Verb

responder (first-person singular present respondo, first-person singular preterite respondín, past participle respondido)
responder (first-person singular present respondo, first-person singular preterite respondim or respondi, past participle respondido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to answer, to reply

Conjugation

Related terms

• resposta

References

Interlingua

Verb

responder

1. to answer

Conjugation

Old Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin respondēre (likely via Late Latin respondĕre).

Verb

responder (first-person singular present respondo, first-person singular preterite respuse, past participle respuso)

1. to reply, to answer
   • c. 1280, Alfonso X, General Estoria, tercera parte, (published by Pedro Sánchez-Prieto Borja and Bautista Horcajada Diezma, 1994, Madrid: Gredos, page 344):

     […] e si respuende que non quier con el morar & que quiere maldizer el nonbre de Jhesu Cristo e lo quiere traer a la su carrera mala e a otro pecado mortal, dara la Iglesia a este otro licençia que case.

     and if she replies that she doesn't want to live with him anymore, and that she's willing to curse the name of Jesus Christ and take him to her bad ways or some other mortal sin, the Church shall give him a licence to marry .

   • c. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria, primera parte, (published by Pedro Sánchez Prieto-Borja, 2002, Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):

     E respusol ella: - Beve, mio señor, cuanto quisieres.

     And she replied to him, "Drink, milord, as much as you want."

Usage notes

In stem-stressed forms, the present is attested with diphthongization, respuendo, but is very rare. Same is true of the past participle repuso.

Descendants

• Spanish: responder

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese responder, from Latin respondēre (“answer”) (likely via Late Latin respondere), from re- + spondeō (“promise”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: res‧pon‧der

Verb

responder (first-person singular present respondo, first-person singular preterite respondi, past participle respondido)

1. to answer; to reply (to give a written or spoken response)

   Synonyms: replicar, retorquir, retrucar

   Antonym: calar

2. (intransitive) to retort frequently

   Synonym: retrucar

3. to correspond to (to be equivalent to)

   Synonyms: corresponder, equivaler

4. to counterattack

   Synonyms: contratacar, reagir, revidar

5. (intransitive) to be responsible (for something)
6. (law, intransitive) to be a defendant

Conjugation

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish responder, inherited from Latin respondēre (likely via Late Latin respondĕre). The original past participle was respuso or repuso in Old Spanish. The expected diphthongization of stressed Latin /ŏ/ is found in Asturian responder (that is, respuendo) and sporadically in Old Spanish as well.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /responˈdeɾ/

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: res‧pon‧der

Verb

responder (first-person singular present respondo, first-person singular preterite respondí, past participle respondido)

1. (intransitive, transitive) to answer, to reply

   Synonym: contestar

   responde al nombre de ― his/her name is

   Respondí rápido tus preguntas. ― I answered your questions fast.

   Me gusta que respondas así. ― I like that you give answers like that.

   Lo siento, no te pude responder la llamada. ― Sorry, I couldn't answer your (phone) call.

   Respóndele a tu madre, no te quedes callada. ― Reply to your mother, don't stay silent.

2. (intransitive, transitive) to talk back, to answer back (to respond defiantly and inappropriately)

   Synonyms: argumentar, rebatir, replicar

   Mira cómo responde la niña de malcriada. ― Notice how the girl talks back, she's so spoiled.

3. (intransitive) to respond, to react (to someone else's actions)

   La audiencia respondía bien a sus chistes. ― The audience was responding well to his jokes.

   Los revolucionarios respondimos con más violencia ante su represión. ― We the revolutionaries, facing their repression, responded with more violence.

4. (intransitive) to answer for, to be responsible for, vouch for (with por)

   Synonym: responsabilizarse por

   Necesito un fiador que responda por mí. ― I need a guarantor to vouch for me.

5. (intransitive, medicine) to react, to respond (to a treatment, with a)

   El paciente no respondió bien al tratamiento. ― The patient didn't respond well to the treatment.

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References

Further reading

• “responder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014