rispondere

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Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin respondere, from Latin respondēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈspon.de.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ondere
  • Hyphenation: ri‧spón‧de‧re

Verb

rispóndere (first-person singular present rispóndo, first-person singular past historic rispósi, past participle rispósto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to answer, to reply, to respond
  2. (intransitive) to correspond
  3. (intransitive) to be responsible
  4. (transitive) to write or say in response

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rispóndere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive rispóndere
auxiliary verb avére gerund rispondèndo
present participle rispondènte past participle rispósto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rispóndo rispóndi rispónde rispondiàmo rispondéte rispóndono
imperfect rispondévo rispondévi rispondéva rispondevàmo rispondevàte rispondévano
past historic rispósi rispondésti rispóse rispondémmo rispondéste rispósero
future risponderò risponderài risponderà risponderémo risponderéte risponderànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present risponderèi risponderésti risponderèbbe, risponderébbe risponderémmo risponderéste risponderèbbero, risponderébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present rispónda rispónda rispónda rispondiàmo rispondiàte rispóndano
imperfect rispondéssi rispondéssi rispondésse rispondéssimo rispondéste rispondéssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
rispóndi rispónda rispondiàmo rispondéte rispóndano
negative imperative non rispóndere non rispónda non rispondiàmo non rispondéte non rispóndano

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