responsar

Ido

Etymology

responso (“responsibility”) +‎ -ar

Verb

responsar (present tense responsas, past tense responsis, future tense responsos, imperative responsez, conditional responsus)

1. (intransitive) (+pri) to be responsible about

Conjugation

Conjugation of responsar

		present		past		future
infinitive		responsar		responsir		responsor
tense		responsas		responsis		responsos
conditional		responsus		—		—
imperative		responsez		—		—
adjective active participle		responsanta		responsinta		responsonta
adverbial active participle		responsante		responsinte		responsonte
nominal active participle	singular	responsanto		responsinto		responsonto
	plural	responsanti		responsinti		responsonti

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

responsar m

1. indefinite plural of respons

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin respondēre. Doublet of responder.

Verb

responsar (first-person singular present responso, first-person singular preterite responsé, past participle responsado)

1. to say (a) prayer(s) for the dead

Conjugation

    Conjugation of responsar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			responsar
gerund			responsando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		responsado		responsada
		plural		responsados		responsadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	responso	responsastú responsásvos	responsa	responsamos	responsáis	responsan
	imperfect	responsaba	responsabas	responsaba	responsábamos	responsabais	responsaban
	preterite	responsé	responsaste	responsó	responsamos	responsasteis	responsaron
	future	responsaré	responsarás	responsará	responsaremos	responsaréis	responsarán
	conditional	responsaría	responsarías	responsaría	responsaríamos	responsaríais	responsarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	response	responsestú responsésvos2	response	responsemos	responséis	responsen
	imperfect (ra)	responsara	responsaras	responsara	responsáramos	responsarais	responsaran
	imperfect (se)	responsase	responsases	responsase	responsásemos	responsaseis	responsasen
	future1	responsare	responsares	responsare	responsáremos	responsareis	responsaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		responsatú responsávos	response	responsemos	responsad	responsen
	negative		no responses	no response	no responsemos	no responséis	no responsen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of responsar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive responsar	dative	responsarme	responsarte	responsarle, responsarse	responsarnos	responsaros	responsarles, responsarse
	accusative	responsarme	responsarte	responsarlo, responsarla, responsarse	responsarnos	responsaros	responsarlos, responsarlas, responsarse
with gerund responsando	dative	responsándome	responsándote	responsándole, responsándose	responsándonos	responsándoos	responsándoles, responsándose
	accusative	responsándome	responsándote	responsándolo, responsándola, responsándose	responsándonos	responsándoos	responsándolos, responsándolas, responsándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative responsa	dative	respónsame	respónsate	respónsale	respónsanos	not used	respónsales
	accusative	respónsame	respónsate	respónsalo, respónsala	respónsanos	not used	respónsalos, respónsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative responsá	dative	responsame	responsate	responsale	responsanos	not used	responsales
	accusative	responsame	responsate	responsalo, responsala	responsanos	not used	responsalos, responsalas
with formal second-person singular imperative response	dative	respónseme	not used	respónsele, respónsese	respónsenos	not used	respónseles
	accusative	respónseme	not used	respónselo, respónsela, respónsese	respónsenos	not used	respónselos, respónselas
with first-person plural imperative responsemos	dative	not used	responsémoste	responsémosle	responsémonos	responsémoos	responsémosles
	accusative	not used	responsémoste	responsémoslo, responsémosla	responsémonos	responsémoos	responsémoslos, responsémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative responsad	dative	responsadme	not used	responsadle	responsadnos	responsaos	responsadles
	accusative	responsadme	not used	responsadlo, responsadla	responsadnos	responsaos	responsadlos, responsadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative responsen	dative	respónsenme	not used	respónsenle	respónsennos	not used	respónsenles, respónsense
	accusative	respónsenme	not used	respónsenlo, respónsenla	respónsennos	not used	respónsenlos, respónsenlas, respónsense

Further reading

• “responsar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10