respectar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin respectāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [rəs.pəkˈta] IPA(key): (Valencia) [res.pekˈtaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [res.pekˈta] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === respectar (first-person singular present respecto, first-person singular preterite respectí, past participle respectat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ to respect ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== respectable respecte respectiu respectuós === Further reading === “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, 2026 “respectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “respectar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Alternative forms === respeitar === Etymology === From Latin respectāre. === Verb === respectar (first-person singular present respecto, first-person singular preterite respectei, past participle respectado) to respect, look up to to revere, venerate to honour to concern, regard ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== respecto === References === “respectar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Interlingua == === Verb === respectar to respect ==== Conjugation ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin respectāre. See also the doublet respetar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /respeɡˈtaɾ/ [res.peɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: res‧pec‧tar === Verb === respectar (first-person singular present respecto, first-person singular preterite respecté, past participle respectado) (obsolete except in fixed expressions) to relate to; to be concerned or involved with (obsolete) to respect (to have respect or consideration toward) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “respectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025