| Principal Translations |
| responder⇒ vtr | (dar respuesta a algo) | answer⇒ vtr |
| | La maestra responde las preguntas de los alumnos con paciencia. |
| | The teacher answers the students' questions patiently. |
| responder a algo vi + prep | (dar respuesta a algo) | answer [sth]⇒ vtr |
| | | reply to vi + prep |
| | (formal) | respond to vi + prep |
| | El representante responde de forma clara a las inquietudes de los clientes. |
| | A representative answers clients' concerns clearly. |
| responder vtr | (llamada, teléfono) (telephone) | answer⇒ vtr |
| | | pick up vtr phrasal insep |
| | Responde el teléfono cuando escuches el timbre. |
| | Answer the telephone when you hear it ring. |
| responder a algo vi | (reaccionar ante algo) | respond to [sth] vi + prep |
| | | react to [sth] vi + prep |
| | El policía respondió con golpes a la agresión. |
| | He responded to the aggression with violence. |
| Additional Translations |
| responder⇒ vi | (rendir cuentas) | respond to vi + prep |
| | (more formal) | answer before vi + prep |
| | | be answerable to, be accountable to v expr |
| | El soldado responde frente a su coronel. |
| | The soldier responds to the colonel. |
| responderle a alguien vi + prep | coloquial (replicar, contradecir) (reply inappropriately) | answer back to [sb], talk back to [sb] vi phrasal insep |
| | | contradict⇒ vtr |
| | (US, informal) | sass⇒, back sass⇒ vtr |
| | ¡No le respondas a tu padre! No seas grosero. |
| | Don't talk back to your father! Be respectful. |
| responder a algo vi + prep | (dar resultado) (react appropriately) | respond to [sth] vi + prep |
| | Sé que mi hijo responderá a los sacrificios que hacemos por su educación. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Nothing seems to bring Junior out of his depression but we hope that the boxing lessons will get him to respond. |
| responder por alguien vi + prep | (avalar, responsabilizarse) (endorse) | vouch for [sb] v expr |
| | | answer for [sb] vtr phrasal insep |
| | | take responsibility for [sb] v expr |
| | Yo respondo por mi amigo: metería las manos al fuego por él. |
| | I can vouch for my friend: I would go to the end of the earth for him. |
| responder de algo vi + prep | (dar cuenta de, justificar) | answer for [sth], be accountable for [sth] v expr |
| | | take responsibility for [sth] v expr |
| | El delincuente respondió de su error. |
| | The delinquent answered for his mistake. |