Responde

Responde is a Spanish verb form derived from responder, meaning to answer or to respond. It is most commonly observed as the third-person singular present indicative: él/ella/usted responde. It is also the affirmative tú imperative form, used to command someone informally to answer: ¡Responde!

In usage, responde appears in sentences that report or express a current action by a subject in the present tense, such as “El profesor responde las preguntas.” It can occur in various registers, from everyday speech to formal writing. The form is inflected to agree with the subject, and the same spelling serves both the indicative form (él/ella/usted) and the imperative form (tú) in the present tense, though the grammatical functions are different.

Etymology and related forms: responde comes from the Latin respondere, formed from re- (“back” or “again”) and spondēre (“to pledge, promise, or answer”). The verb has several other forms across tenses and moods (respondo, respondes, respondió, responderemos, respondan, etc.), and its meaning remains closely tied to giving an answer or reply.

In regional usage, similar forms appear in related Romance languages, reflecting a shared Latin root. In Spanish, the word resu lt is common across dialects, maintaining its core sense of providing a response in conversation, instruction, and written communication.