respetable

/respeˈtable/ · B2 · adj

respectable

🎩 respetable = respect + able: able to earn respect

Spanish respetable is built from respetar (to respect) + -able, the same ending as English able. Something respetable is worthy of respect, which stretches to mean sizable or considerable, as in una cantidad respetable.

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