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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French riposter.
Pronunciation
Verb
ripostar (first-person singular present riposto, first-person singular preterite ripostei, past participle ripostado)
- (fencing, intransitive) to riposte
- (figurative, transitive) to retort, to riposte
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
References
Spanish
Verb
ripostar (first-person singular present riposto, first-person singular preterite riposté, past participle ripostado)
- (Latin America) to refute
- to answer back
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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