respectar

Borrowed from Latin respectāre.

respectar (first-person singular present respecto, first-person singular preterite respectí, past participle respectat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to respect

• respectable
• respecte
• respectiu
• respectuós

• “respectar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “respectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “respectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “respectar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• respeitar

From Latin respectāre.

respectar (first-person singular present respecto, first-person singular preterite respectei, past participle respectado)

1. to respect, look up to
2. to revere, venerate
3. to honour
4. to concern, regard

• respecto

• “respectar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

respectar

1. to respect

Borrowed from Latin respectāre. See also the doublet respetar.

• IPA^(key): /respeɡˈtaɾ/ [res.peɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: res‧pec‧tar

respectar (first-person singular present respecto, first-person singular preterite respecté, past participle respectado)

1. to relate to; to be concerned or involved with
2. (dated) to respect (to have respect or consideration toward)

• “respectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024