responder
Meanings
Verb
1. to answer, to reply (ambitransitive)
2. to talk back, to answer back (to respond defiantly and inappropriately) (ambitransitive)
3. to respond, to react (to someone else's actions) (intransitive)
4. to answer for, to be responsible for, vouch for (with por) (intransitive)
5. to react, to respond (to a treatment, with a) (intransitive, medicine)
Examples446
Me gusta que respondas así.
I like that you give answers like that.
responde al nombre de
his/her name is
La audiencia respondía bien a sus chistes.
The audience was responding well to his jokes.
Respóndele a tu madre, no te quedes callada.
Reply to your mother, don't stay silent.
Lo siento, no te pude responder la llamada.
Sorry, I couldn't answer your (phone) call.
Los revolucionarios respondimos con más violencia ante su represión.
We the revolutionaries, facing their repression, responded with more violence.