reciprocate

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• /ɹɪˈsɪpɹəˌkeɪt/
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From Latin recīprocātus, perfect passive participle of recīprocō (“to move back and forth”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from reciprocus (“back an forth, reciprocal, alternating”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), itself possibly from a phrase such as reque proque (“back and forth”), from re- (“back”), prō (“forwards”) and -que (“and”). See also reciprocal. Compare French réciproquer.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَادَلَ (bādala) — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Bulgarian: разменям (razmenjam) — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Chinese Mandarin: 報答 /报答 (bàodá) — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Chinese Mandarin: 往復 /往复 (wǎngfù) — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Chinese Mandarin: 回報 /回报 (huíbào) — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Finnish: vaihtaa — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• French: donner en retour — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• French: réciproquer — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• French: rendre la pareille — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Galician: corresponder — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Italian: reciprocare — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Japanese: 返す (kaesu) — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Japanese: 交換する (kōkan-suru) — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Portuguese: reciprocar — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Portuguese: trocar — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Russian: обмениваться (obmenivatʹsja) — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Russian: отвеча́ть (otvečátʹ) — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Spanish: reciprocar — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Spanish: corresponder — to mutually give and take something; to interchange
• Arabic: تَبَادَلَ (tabādala) — to give something in response
• Arabic: رَدَّ (radda) — to give something in response
• Bulgarian: отплащам се (otplaštam se) — to give something in response
• Chinese Mandarin: 報答 /报答 (bàodá) — to give something in response
• Czech: opětovat — to give something in response
• Czech: oplatit — to give something in response
• Czech: oplácet — to give something in response
• Dutch: beantwoorden — to give something in response
• Finnish: vastata — to give something in response
• Finnish: antaa vastalahja — to give something in response
• German: erwidern — to give something in response
• Hungarian: viszonoz — to give something in response
• Portuguese: retribuir — to give something in response
• Russian: вернуться (vernutʹsja) — to give something in response
• Russian: возвращаться (vozvraščatʹsja) — to give something in response
• Russian: воздавать (vozdavatʹ) — to give something in response
• Russian: воздать (vozdatʹ) — to give something in response
• Russian: возмещать (vozmeščatʹ) — to give something in response
• Russian: возместить (vozmestitʹ) — to give something in response
• Spanish: recompensar — to give something in response
• Swedish: återgälda — to give something in response
• Finnish: liikkua edestakaisin — to move backwards and forwards, like a piston
• Finnish: kiertää — to move backwards and forwards, like a piston
• Hungarian: ide-oda/előre-hátra mozog/jár/leng — to move backwards and forwards, like a piston
• Māori: kōkeke — to move backwards and forwards, like a piston
• Portuguese: alternar — to move backwards and forwards, like a piston
• Bulgarian: отвръщам (otvrǎštam) — to counter, retort or retaliate
• Finnish: vastata — to counter, retort or retaliate
• German: erwidern — to counter, retort or retaliate
• Portuguese: devolver — to counter, retort or retaliate