Etymology

From correspond +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#CORRESPONDER.

Noun

corresponder (plural corresponders)Category:English lemmas#CORRESPONDERCategory:English nouns#CORRESPONDERCategory:English countable nouns#CORRESPONDERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CORRESPONDERCategory:Pages with entries#CORRESPONDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CORRESPONDER

1. One who corresponds, or writes letters.

Etymology

From Medieval LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin#CORRESPONDER correspondēreCategory:Portuguese undefined derivations#CORRESPONDER.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cor‧res‧pon‧der

Verb

corresponder (first-person singular present correspondo, first-person singular preterite correspondi, past participle correspondido)Category:Portuguese lemmas#CORRESPONDERCategory:Portuguese verbs#CORRESPONDERCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -er#CORRESPONDERCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#CORRESPONDERCategory:Pages with entries#CORRESPONDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CORRESPONDER

1. to correspond, match
2. to be proportional
3. to be equivalent (to)
4. to be suitable

Further reading

• “corresponder”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “corresponder”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval LatinCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from Medieval Latin#CORRESPONDERCategory:Spanish terms derived from Medieval Latin#CORRESPONDER correspondēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koresponˈdeɾ/ [ko.res.põn̪ˈd̪eɾ]Category:Spanish 4-syllable words#CORRESPONDERCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CORRESPONDER
• Rhymes: -eɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ#CORRESPONDERCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/eɾ/4 syllables#CORRESPONDER
• Syllabification: co‧rres‧pon‧der

Verb

corresponder (first-person singular present correspondo, first-person singular preterite correspondí, past participle correspondido)Category:Spanish lemmas#CORRESPONDERCategory:Spanish verbs#CORRESPONDERCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -er#CORRESPONDERCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CORRESPONDERCategory:Pages with entries#CORRESPONDERCategory:Pages with 3 entries#CORRESPONDER

1. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#CORRESPONDER, with a) to correspond to (be similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.)

   Desde punto de vista gramatical, varios usos del infinitivo español corresponden con frecuencia a casos en que se emplearía el gerundio en inglés.

   From a grammatical perspective, several uses of the Spanish infinitive frequently correspond to cases in which the gerund would be used in English.

   Category:Spanish terms with usage examples#CORRESPONDER

2. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#CORRESPONDER) to respond to
   • 2017 July 13, “[FOTOS] La relación de amabilidad y desconfianza entre Trump y Macron”, in El Comercio‎:

     Durante su primer encuentro con Macron, en la cumbre de la OTAN en Bruselas el 25 de mayo, pudo constatar que el presidente más joven de la historia de Francia supo corresponderle.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

     Category:Spanish terms with quotations#CORRESPONDERCategory:Requests for translations of Spanish quotations#CORRESPONDER

3. (transitiveCategory:Spanish transitive verbs#CORRESPONDER) to love to one's back, return someone's love
4. (intransitiveCategory:Spanish intransitive verbs#CORRESPONDER) to reciprocate (to love somebody in response)
5. to behoove, to be suitable
6. to reward

Further reading

• “corresponder”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025