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atbildēt

Pronunciation: [atbîldɛː̂t]

“atbildēt” is a Latvian word. Its 8 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to answer (to say something in reaction to a question, a request)
  2. to answer (to give an answer in writing)
  3. to answer, to recite (to repeat the learned material)
  4. to answer (to find a solution to a question, a problem)
  5. to answer (to react to something that invites a reaction)
  6. to answer, to respond to a stimulus; to seem to be reacting, responding to a stimulus
  7. to answer for (to be responsible for, to suffer the consequences for something)
  8. to answer for (to be responsible for, to take care of, to be in charge)

Etymology

From at- + an earlier, still dialectally attested, verb bildēt (“to talk, to say”), apparently originally the iterative form of bilst (“to say, to utter”) (q.v.).

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