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repetir

Spanish, verb/repeˈtiɾ/

repetir is a Spanish verb meaning “to repeat (to do or say again (and again))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expresar más de una vez una frase”.

What does repetir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to repeat (to do or say again (and again))

    repetir curso

  2. 2

    to repeat; to take seconds (meal)

  3. 3

    to repeat; to recur (to appear or happen again)

  4. 4

    to repeat oneself (to echo the words of (a person))

  5. 5

    to repeat, to run, to rebroadcast (to broadcast again a television or radio program shown after)

  6. 6

    to leave an aftertaste

  7. 7

    Mexicoto burp

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Expresar más de una vez una frase. 2. Hacer una cosa por segunda vez. 3. Volver al año siguiente al mismo nivel lectivo por no haber aprobado

verb: 1. Servir o servirse una segunda ración de un plato 2. Padecer de reflujo gastroesofágico.

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 repetir

  • repito first-person present singular
  • repetí first-person preterite singular
  • repetido participle past
  • e-i alternation
  • repitiendo gerund
  • repetida feminine participle past
  • repetidos masculine participle past
  • repetidas feminine participle past
  • repites indicative informal present
  • repetís indicative informal present
  • repite indicative present singular
  • repetimos first-person indicative plural
  • repiten indicative plural present
  • repetía first-person imperfect indicative
  • repetías imperfect indicative second-person
  • repetíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • repetíais imperfect indicative plural
  • repetían imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce repetir?

  • /repeˈtiɾ/
  • [re.peˈt̪iɾ]
  • [repeˈt̪iɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to repetir

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is repetir in Spanish?

repetir appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).