resposta
Catalan
Etymology
From respondre, corrupted by posta, feminine past participle of pondre. Compare Asturian respuesta, Galician resposta, Italian risposta, Portuguese resposta, Spanish respuesta.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
resposta f (plural respostes)
Related terms
Participle
resposta f sg
- feminine singular of respost
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese resposta, reposta, from responder, corrupted by posta, feminine past participle of põer (Galician pór). Compare Asturian respuesta, Catalan resposta, Italian risposta, Portuguese resposta, Spanish respuesta.
Noun
resposta f (plural respostas)
- answer, response
- Synonym: contestación
- Antonyms: cuestión, interrogación
Italian
Participle
resposta f sg
- feminine singular of resposto
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese resposta, reposta, from responder, corrupted by posta, feminine past participle of põer (Portuguese pôr). Compare Asturian and Spanish respuesta, Catalan and Galician resposta and Italian risposta.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁesˈpɔs.tɐ/ [hesˈpɔs.tɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeʃˈpɔʃ.tɐ/ [χeʃˈpɔʃ.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁesˈpɔs.ta/ [hesˈpɔs.ta]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃˈpɔʃ.tɐ/
- (North Coast Dialect) IPA(key): /hɛs.ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/
- Hyphenation: res‧pos‧ta
Noun
resposta f (plural respostas)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:resposta.
Descendants
- Kabuverdianu: respósta