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repetir

to repeat

verb

repetir
transitive verb
1. to repeat (hacer, decir de nuevo); to renew (ataque); to have seconds of (en comida)
  • repíteme tu apellido -> could you repeat your surname?, could you tell me your surname again?
  • te lo he repetido mil veces -> I've told you a thousand times
  • repitió tercero (education) -> he repeated his third year
intransitive verb
2. to repeat a year (alumno)
3. (sabor, alimento)
  • repetir (a alguien) -> to repeat (on somebody)
  • el ajo repite mucho -> garlic really repeats on you
4. to have seconds (comensal)
repetirse
pronomial verb
1. to recur (fenómeno)
  • este fenómeno se repite cada verano -> this phenomenon recurs o is repeated every summer
2. to repeat oneself (persona)

repetir [ray-pay-teer’]
article & verb transitive
1. To demand or claim repeatedly and urgently.
2. To repeat, to reiterate, to use again, to do again, to try again (volver a hacer).
3. To repeat, to recite, to rehearse.
  • Le repito que es imposible -> I repeat that it is impossible
verb neuter
4. To have the taste of what was eaten or drunk in the mouth. (n)
5. To deliver a public discourse previous to the examination for the higher degrees in the universities. (n)
verb reflexive
6. To repeat oneself (artista).
7. To recur (suceso).
verb
8. PEDIR.
(Yo repito, yo repita; él repitió; from REPETIR.

repetir
verbo:transitivo
(reiterar) to repeat; (rehacer) to do again
le repito que es imposible I repeat that it is impossible; los niños repiten lo que hacen las personas mayores children imitate adults; repetir el postre to have a second helping o seconds (familiar) of dessert; repetir un curso to repeat a year
verbo:intransitivo
1 (servirse de nuevo) to have a second helping
repetir de un plato
se comió un buen plato y repitió she ate a large plateful and then had a second helping
2 [+ajo, pepino, chorizo]
el pepino repite mucho cucumber keeps repeating on you; las cebollas me repiten onions repeat on me
verbo:pronominal
repetirse
1 [+persona] to repeat o.s.
2 [+suceso] to recur
¡ojalá no se repita esto! I hope this won't happen again!
3 [+comida]
el ajo se me repite mucho garlic repeats on me

Verb Conjugation for "repetir" (go to to repeat)

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo repito repetí repetía repetiré repita
repites repetiste repetías repetirás repitas
Ella/Él/Usted repite repitió repetía repetirá repita
Nosotros repetimos repetimos repetíamos repetiremos repitamos
Vosotros repetís repetisteis repetíais repetiréis repitáis
Ellos/Ustedes repiten repitieron repetían repetirán repitan
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