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respecta
to respect /res.pekˈta/
verb#1792 most common
Also: to comply with (a rule or law), to observe or follow (a schedule, tradition)
Example sentences
Eu respect regulile.
I respect the rules.
Copiii trebuie să își respecte părinții.
Children must respect their parents.
El respectă mereu programul stabilit.
He always respects the set schedule.
Este important să respectăm opiniile celorlalți, chiar dacă nu suntem de acord.
It is important to respect other people's opinions, even when we disagree.
Dacă am fi respectat termenul limită, proiectul ar fi fost finalizat la timp.
If we had respected the deadline, the project would have been finished on time.
Chiar și în absența unei autorități care să impună respectarea normelor, majoritatea cetățenilor aleg să le respecte din convingere morală.
Even without an authority to enforce the rules, most citizens choose to respect them out of moral conviction.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | respect | respectai | voi respecta |
| 2sg | respecți | respectași | vei respecta |
| 3sg | respectă | respectă | va respecta |
| 1pl | respectăm | respectarăm | vom respecta |
| 2pl | respectați | respectarăți | veți respecta |
| 3pl | respectă | respectară | vor respecta |
Word family
respectrespect, esteem
respectuosrespectful
respectabilrespectable
respectivrespective, the one in question
nerespectarefailure to comply, non-observance
Etymology
Respecta entered Romanian in the nineteenth century as part of a deliberate wave of borrowing from French and Latin, meant to re-Latinize the vocabulary after centuries of Slavic and Ottoman influence. It comes from French respecter, itself from Latin respectare, a frequentative form of respicere, meaning to look back at or take notice of. The underlying idea is repeated attention: to respect something is to keep looking back at it and taking it into account.
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