respetar

Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin respectāre.[1] See also the learned doublet respectar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /respeˈtaɾ/ [res.peˈt̪aɾ]
  • 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

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “respetar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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