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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).

отве́тить

verb, perfective
Partner отвеча́ть
very often used word (#172)

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answer

Also: reply, respond

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Иисус отве́тил им. Jesus answered them.
Я не знал, как отве́тить на его вопро́с. I didn't know how to answer his question.
Извините, что не отве́тил вам раньше. I'm sorry I didn't reply to you sooner.
Я не могу́ отве́тить на э́тот вопро́с. I'm unable to answer that question.
Я не мог отве́тить на все вопро́сы. I couldn't answer all of the questions.
Она смо́жет отве́тить на ваш вопро́с. She will be able to answer your question.
Пожалуйста, отве́ть на вопро́с. Please tell me the answer to the question.
Том не мог отве́тить ни на один вопро́с во вчера́шнем те́сте. Tom couldn't answer even one question on yesterday's test.
Он отве́тил мне с улы́бкой. He answered me with a smile.
Том не смог отве́тить на все вопро́сы. Tom didn't manage to answer all the questions.