"Contestar" y "responder". What is the difference?
Hello everybody. I found two verbs which mean "to answer". But in what cases I should use each one? Thanks in advance 
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Well, I'd say use "contestar" when you want to say "answer" and use "responder" when you want to use "respond."
Remember that "responder" doesn't always mean "to answer."
Responder [res-pon-derr']
article & verb transitive & verb neuter
To answer; to resolve a doubt, to respond.
To re-echo.
To acknowledge, to own as a benefit received; to be grateful.
To yield, to produce.
To answer, to have the desired effect.
To correspond (corresponder); to be situated; to answer to.
To show oneself pleased.
To be, or to make oneself responsible for something.
To reply to a letter (contestar).
To answer back (replicar).
To obey (mandos), to respond to (situación, tratamiento).
Responder a una pregunta -> to answer a question
Responder a una descripción -> to fit a description
Responder de -> to be responsible for
Responder al nombre de -> to be called, to go by the name of
