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respects Meaning in Spanish (respects significado en español)

nounrespetos, condolencias, recados de cortesía
verbrespeta
Sinónimos:deferenciaconsideración
respetos in English:respects
Phonetic:res-PÉ-tos
Plural: respects
Gender:Masculino
Quick Answer • Resumen

El significado de respects en español es respetos, condolencias, recados de cortesía, respeta. (Expresiones de honor u homenaje, especialmente las ofrecidas a alguien que ha muerto o a su familia en duelo.)

Definitions of Respects

  1. 1
    noun(formal)
    condolencias

    Expressions of honor or homage, especially those offered to someone who has died or to their grieving family.

    Expresiones de honor u homenaje, especialmente las ofrecidas a alguien que ha muerto o a su familia en duelo.

  2. 2
    noun(formal)
    recados de cortesía

    Polite greetings or expressions of deference sent to someone, often through a third party.

    Saludos educados o expresiones de deferencia enviadas a alguien, a menudo a través de un tercero.

  3. 3
    verb
    respeta

    To show admiration for someone or something, or to treat them with deference, used in the third person singular present tense.

    Mostrar admiración por alguien o algo, o tratarles con deferencia, usado en la tercera persona del singular del presente.

Example Sentences

formal

“Many people came to pay their last respects to the departed leader.”

Mucha gente vino a presentar sus últimos respetos al líder fallecido.

casual

“Please give my respects to your parents when you see them.”

Por favor, da mis respetos a tus padres cuando los veas.

business

“He always respects the opinions of his colleagues.”

Él siempre respeta las opiniones de sus colegas.

Synonyms (Sinónimos)

In Spanish:

condolenciasdeferenciaconsideración

Antonyms (Antónimos)

In Spanish:

despreciofalta de respeto

Inflected Word Forms

past participlerespected
nounrespect
adjectiverespectful
adverbrespectfully

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

pay one's respectsidiom

To visit someone or attend an event to show honor, admiration, or sympathy, especially to the family of a deceased person.

send one's respectsexpression

To convey polite greetings or regards to someone, often through another person.

with all due respectsexpression

A polite phrase used to introduce a statement that contradicts or disagrees with someone, implying that the speaker still respects the other person.