"to repeat" in seven languages
Meaningto repeat
Spanish
repetir
/repeˈtiɾ/
learned
Stem-changing: repito, repites.
French
répéter
/ʁepete/
learned
Also 'to rehearse': une répétition is a rehearsal as well as a repetition.
Italian
ripetere
/riˈpɛtere/
learned
With the Italian prefix ri- for re-.
Portuguese
repetir
/hepeˈtʃih/
learned
Romanian
repeta
/repeˈta/
learned
Catalan
repetir
/rəpəˈti/
learned
English
repeat
/ɹɪˈpit/
from Latin/French · Old French repeter
English → Italianto repeatripetereCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
REPETERE‘to seek again, go back to’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
The stressed short e of REPETERE never broke into ie in Italian (ripètere, not *ripiedere): a sign that the word came from books.
English relatives: repetition, compete, petition, appetite
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In a sentence
- es¿Puedes repetirlo, por favor?
- frVous pouvez répéter, s'il vous plaît ?
- itPuoi ripetere, per favore?
- ptVocê pode repetir, por favor?
- roPuteți repeta, vă rog?
- caHo pots repetir, si us plau?
- enCan you repeat that, please?
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