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responder

/responˈdeɾ/, [res.põn̪ˈd̪eɾ]

answer, respond

Gerund: respondiendo

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular respondido respondida
Plural respondidos respondidas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo respondo respondía respondí responderé respondería
tú respondes respondías respondiste responderás responderías
él/ella/Ud. responde respondía respondió responderá respondería
nosotros respondemos respondíamos respondimos responderemos responderíamos
vosotros respondéis respondíais respondisteis responderéis responderíais
ellos/ellas/Uds. responden respondían respondieron responderán responderían
vos respondés respondías respondiste responderás responderías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo responda respondiera respondiese respondiere
tú respondas respondieras respondieses respondieres
él/ella/Ud. responda respondiera respondiese respondiere
nosotros respondamos respondiéramos respondiésemos respondiéremos
vosotros respondáis respondierais respondieseis respondiereis
ellos/ellas/Uds. respondan respondieran respondiesen respondieren
vos respondás respondieras respondieses respondieres

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú responde no respondas
Ud. responda no responda
nosotros respondamos no respondamos
vosotros responded no respondáis
Uds. respondan no respondan
vos respondé no respondas

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • El Servicio Secreto tuvo que responder por la seguridad del presidente.

    The Secret Service has to answer for the safety of the president.

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  • Fui capaz de responder a la pregunta.

    I was able to answer the question.

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  • No sabía cómo responder.

    I didn't know how to respond.

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  • Le hizo preguntas que no pudo responder.

    She asked him questions that he couldn't answer.

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  • Tom no tiene para qué responder de inmediato.

    Tom doesn't need to answer right away.

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  • Los niños aprenden a responder a sonidos rítmicos desde una muy temprana edad.

    Children learn to respond to rhythmical sounds from a very young age.

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  • Tom no puede responder tu pregunta.

    Tom can't answer your question.

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  • ¿Tengo que responder a todas las preguntas?

    Must I answer all the questions?

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  • Tommy no pudo responder a la última pregunta.

    Tommy couldn't answer the last question.

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  • Me voy a responder a la llamada de la naturaleza.

    I'm just going to answer the call of nature.

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