repitencia
Spanish, noun[repiˈt̪ẽnsja]
repitencia is spelled R-E-P-I-T-E-N-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish, the 147,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Repitencia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “repetition of a year in school” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acto de repetir un año escolar o algún curso debido a malas notas”.
What does repitencia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerepetition of a year in school
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acto de repetir un año escolar o algún curso debido a malas notas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of repitencia
- repitencias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce repitencia?
- [repiˈt̪ẽnsja]
- [repiˈt̪ẽn̟θja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is repitencia in Spanish?
repitencia appears about once in every 16 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).