respeto
Spanish, noun
respeto is spelled R-E-S-P-E-T-O (7 letters) and appears 93 times per million words in written Spanish, the 936th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Respeto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “respect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of respetar. With an accent, respetó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of respetar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reconocimiento que uno hace de las cualidades superiores de una persona, tales como su posición social o…”.
What does respeto mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerespect
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of respetar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of respetar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reconocimiento que uno hace de las cualidades superiores de una persona, tales como su posición social o moral, que se acompaña de obediencia y una especie de veneración hacia ella. 2. Cuidado que se pone en no ofender la susceptibilidad o los derechos de otros. 3. Cuidado que se pone en no dañar alguna cosa. 4. Sentimiento de admiración hacia cosas o personas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of respeto
- respetos plural
- respecto alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to respeto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is respeto in Spanish?
respeto appears 93 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).