Translation
to respect, to hold in esteem
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Examples
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Everyone respects the old teacher.
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I respect your opinion, but I do not agree.
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One must respect the laws of the country.
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He lost the respect of his comrades.
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She spoke about the poet with great respect.
is transitive and takes its object directly, with no preposition: , never a stray . English speakers occasionally import respect for as a phrase and produce , which is wrong; the noun does take or , as in . a with the -- suffix means worthy of respect, a very Esperanto piece of economy. It is close to , which is a shade more formal and points at judged worth, and stands directly against .
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Word family
Words built on respekti with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- malrespektiverb
to disrespect, to show disrespect for
mal-respekti: the opposite of respecting
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 8: respekti, kompari, maltrankvila and 7 more words.