Do you recall how you would copy or imitate whatever the adults around you did when you were a kid? Did you not have an underlying fear of having to retake some test at school or college? How often do you go back for a second helping of food?

Even though all of these questions above have distinct core verbs, we only need one in Spanish: repetir. You can pronounce it as reh-peh-TEER. The primary meaning of the Spanish verb repetir is to repeat. However, it may also imply to imitate, to retake, or to have a second helping. Likewise, you can easily see and understand them from the examples above.

Moreover, the repetir conjugation is identical to that of most other –ir verbs. However, there is an exception to this too. When the second syllable is stressed or the verb is in the subjunctive mood, the stem of repet- changes to repit-.

Thus, this article ahead will show you a variety of situations and examples where we use this verb. In addition, it will also throw light on how to conjugate it in the present tense. Scroll over and read on to get a better idea about repetir conjugation.

French Conjugation

In French, conjugation refers to the process of changing the endings of verbs. The person, the tense, and the mood all play a role (indicative, imperative and subjunctive). Additionally, the bulk of verbs’ infinitive form defines their whole meaning (eg. – parler). However, irregular verbs call for knowledge of more than just the infinitive form. Likewise, it is one of 7 major components in French. You can conjugate almost any French verb by knowing these 7 essential components of a verb. On the contrary, certain verbs, such as être, are highly irregular. Hence, the 7 core components are insufficient to completely conjugate those verbs.

English Conjugation

The alteration of a verb to indicate tense, mood, person, and so on is conjugation. In English, verbs have distinct meanings depending on when and who they are used with. Conjugating verbs includes changing them into a variety of forms in order to convey meaning though. If we regard verbs to represent the action part of speech, conjugation alters verbs. Nevertheless, it does so to reveal who is performing the action and when it takes place. If we do not conjugate the verb and leave it in its infinitive form, the context might be lost.

Spanish Conjugation

Nonetheless, in general, the ending of a Spanish verb must be altered to match the subject. Likewise, this needs to be done mainly in order to use it in a sentence. Consider a verb to be a power tool, akin to a drill. It has a variety of bits at the end that can be used for various tasks. Conjugation is another term for this.

The verbs in Spanish are separated into groups. Each group, however, has a different conjugation. Hence, you first need to recognise which category a verb belongs to. Thus, this will help you to master Spanish verbs like repetir (to repeat).

Normal: Verbs ending in -ar, -er, and -ir also follow regular conjugation norms.

Stem-changing: Moreover, this might change depending on how it is used in a sentence.

Spelling-changing: Some consonant spellings have been altered to conform to pronunciation guidelines.

Reflexive: The action is reflected back on the topic of the phrase.

Grammatical Conjugation

Moreover, verbs are not always conjugated in the present tense, in fact. There are also a number of causes for them to be altered into various forms – some subtle, some blatant. Grammatical conjugation, on the other hand, is the umbrella term for this verb-specific modifying. Inflection, a fancy way of transforming a word to convey a different or modified meaning, also helps to achieve conjugation. The number, person, and tense of a verb all influence how its conjugation occurs.

Repetir – Meanings and Uses

As already discussed, depending on the context, the verb repetir has multiple meanings. Let us now look at how to use the present tense or infinitive in each situation.

To repeat

In the meaning of doing or saying something again, the word repetir implies to repeat.

Gloria and Vienna are discussing their classes at school. Chemistry is Gloria’s favorite subject, since they get to experiment a lot in the lab. She thus says:

Normalmente repetimos el experimento para comprobar que el resultado no varía.

(Normally, we repeat the experiment to check that the result doesn’t change.)

Vienna however, prefers literature over science. She is quite good at French. Therefore, she says:

Repito los verbos una y otra vez para memorizar las conjugaciones, pero me encanta aprender francés.

(I repeat the verbs over and over again to memorize the conjugations, but I love learning French.)

On the contrary, Gloria is struggling with the language:

Pues para mí es muy difícil. La profesora repite los verbos cientos de veces pero no los aprendo.

(Well, for me it’s very difficult. The teacher repeats the verbs hundreds of times but I can’t learn them.)

To mimic/imitate

Vienna feels that the best way to learning any language is to repeat and imitate everything that one hears:

Si repites lo que oyes en canciones o películas, mejorarás tu pronunciación.

(If you repeat what you hear in songs or movies, you will improve your pronunciation.)

To retake

Nevertheless, Gloria is worried about her test. If she fails, she is afraid about having to retake it again in the summer.

No quiero repetir el examen.

(I don’t want to retake the exam.)

Repetir Conjugation Present Indicative Form

We use the present tense to talk about routines or habits. These are usually things which we do (or don’t do) on a regular basis.

In the present, however, repetir is slightly irregular. Likewise, it means that one of the vowels in the stem varies throughout conjugation. In the present, there are three types of stem changes: o > ue, e > ie, and e > i. Besides the nosotros and vosotros forms, all other forms modify their stem. Except for nosotros/as and vosotros/as, we need the stem repit- for all subject pronouns.

Hence, now let us take a look at it’s conjugation.

Subject Pronouns	Present Indicative	Translation
yo	repito	I repeat
tú	repites	You repeat
él/ella/usted	repite	He/She repeats – You (formal) repeat
nosotros/nosotras	repetimos	We repeat
vosotros/vosotras	repetís	You all repeat
ellos/ellas/ustedes	repiten	They/You all (formal) repeat

Repetir Conjugation Present Perfect Indicative Form

Subject Pronouns	Present Perfect Indicative
yo	he repetido
tú	has repetido
él/ella/usted	ha repetido
nosotros/nosotras	hemos repetido
vosotros/vosotras	habéis repetido
ellos/ellas/ustedes	han repetido

Repetir Conjugation Past Indicative Form

Subject Pronouns	Past Indicative
yo	repetía
tú	repetías
él/ella/usted	repetía
nosotros/nosotras	repetíamos
vosotros/vosotras	repetíais
ellos/ellas/ustedes	repetían

Repetir Conjugation Preterite Indicative Form

In Spanish, the preterite tense is usually the equivalent of the simple past tense. In contrast to the imperfect tense, the preterite usually denotes that an action met a clear end.

Subject Pronouns	Preterite Indicative	Translation
yo	repetí	I repeated
tú	repetiste	You repeated
usted/él/ella	repitió	You/He/She repeated
nosotros	repetimos	We repeated
vosotros	repetisteis	You repeated
ustedes/ellos/ellas	repitieron	You/They repeated

Repetir Conjugation Imperfect Indicative Form

Past events that occurred over an undefined length of time are referred to in the imperfect tense. In English, it’s commonly translated as used to + verb or was + verb + -ing.

Subject Pronouns	Imperfect Indicative	Translation
yo	repetía	I was repeating
tú	repetías	You were repeating
usted/él/ella	repetía	You/He/She was repeating
nosotros	repetíamos	We were repeating
vosotros	repetíais	You were repeating
ustedes/ellos/ellas	repetíais	You/They were repeating

Repetir Conjugation Future Indicative Form

Subject Pronouns	Future Indicative
yo	repetiré
tú	repetirás
él/ella/usted	repetirá
nosotros/nosotras	repetiremos
vosotros/vosotras	repetiréis
ellos/ellas/ustedes	repetirán

Repetir Conjugation Periphrastic Future

In Spanish, the periphrastic future tense often replaces the simple future. It is the equivalent of the English going to + verb construction.

Subject Pronouns	Periphrastic Future	Translation
yo	voy a repetir	I am going to repeat
tú	vas a repetir	You are going to repeat
usted/él/ella	va a repetir	You/he/she are/is going to repeat
nosotros	vamos a repetir	We are going to repeat
vosotros	vais a repetir	You are going to repeat
ustedes/ellos/ellas	van a repetir	You/they are going to repeat

Repetir Conjugation Infinitive Form.

Present Infinitive of repetir: repetir

Past Infinitive of repetir: haber repetido

Repetir Conjugation Gerund Form

The progressive tenses use the gerund in Spanish. Likewise, this is equivalent to the -ing ending, i.e., present participle. Gerunds rarely stand on their own and are usually used in conjunction with the verb estar.

Present Gerund of repetir: repitiendo

Past Gerund of repetir: habiendo repetido

 Repetir Conjugation Past Participle Form

Past participles can function as either adjectives or as part of a verb form that starts with haber. It usually denotes a complete action.

Past participle of repetir: repetido

Repetir Conjugation Conditional Form

In English, conditional verbs are usually translated as would. They usually indicate that if some other condition satisfies, something could happen.

Subject Pronouns	Conditional	Translation
yo	repetiría	I would repeat
tú	repetirías	You would repeat
usted/él/ella	repetiría	You/He/She would repeat
nosotros	repetiríamos	We would repeat
vosotros	repetiríais	You would repeat
ustedes/ellos/ellas	repetirían	You/They would repeat

Repetir Conjugation Present Subjunctive Form

You will find the use of the subjunctive mood way more often in Spanish than in English. It typically follows the relative pronoun que.

Subject Pronouns	Present Subjunctive	Translation
que yo	que repita	That I repeat
que tú	que repitas	That You repeat
que usted/él/ella	que repita	That You/He/She repeat
que nosotros	que repitamos	That We repeat
que vosotros	que repitáis	That You repeat
que ustedes/ellos/ellas	que repitan	That You/They repeat

Repetir Conjugation Past Subjunctive Form

Subject Pronouns	Past Conditional
que yo	haya repetido
que tú	hayas repetido
que usted/él/ella	haya repetido
que nosotros	hayamos repetido
que vosotros	hayáis repetido
que ustedes/ellos/ellas	hayan repetido

Repetir Conjugation Imperfect Subjunctive Form

In Spanish, there are 2 forms of the past subjunctive. They are typically convertible. However, the first option below is more common.

Option 1

Subject Pronouns	Imperfect Subjunctive	Translation
que yo	que repitiera	That I repeated
que tú	que repitieras	That You repeated
que usted/él/ella	que repitiera	That You/He/She repeated
que nosotros	que repitiéramos	That We repeated
que vosotros	que repitieráis	That You repeated
que ustedes/ellos/ellas	que repitieran	That You/They repeated

Option 2

Subject Pronouns	Imperfect Subjunctive	Translation
que yo	que repitiese	That I repeated
que tú	que repitieses	That You repeated
que usted/él/ella	que repitiese	That You/He/She repeated
que nosotros	que repitiésemos	That We repeated
que vosotros	que repitieseis	That You repeated
que ustedes/ellos/ellas	que repitiesen	That You/They repeated

Repetir Conjugation Pluperfect Subjunctive Form

Option 1

Subject Pronouns	Pluperfect Subjunctive
que yo	que hubiera repetido
que tú	que hubieras repetido
que él/ella/usted	que hubiera repetido
que nosotros/nosotras	que hubiéramos repetido
que vosotros/vosotras	que hubierais repetido
que ellos/ellas/ustedes	que hubieran repetido

Option 2

Subject Pronouns	Pluperfect Subjunctive
que yo	que hubiese repetido
que tú	que hubieses repetido
que él/ella/usted	que hubiese repetido
que nosotros/nosotras	que hubiésemos repetido
que vosotros/vosotras	que hubieseis repetido
que ellos/ellas/ustedes	que hubiesen repetido

Repetir Conjugation Future Subjunctive Form

Subject Pronouns	Future Subjunctive
que yo	que repitiere
que tú	que repitieres
que él/ella/usted	que repitiere
que nosotros/nosotras	que repitiéremos
que vosotros/vosotras	que repitiereis
que ellos/ellas/ustedes	que repitieren

Vivir Conjugation Imperative Form

We usually give/make commands in the imperative mood. In the first-person singular, Spanish has no imperative form though. This occurs since the language assumes you won’t talk out loud in telling yourself what to do.

Hence, the letter e in the stem of the third group of stem-changing verbs changes to i in all forms. However, nosotros and vosotros are exceptions to it. Another e: i stem-changing verb is this one. In comparison however, vivir is a regular verb.

Imperative (Positive Command)

Subject Pronouns	Imperative (Positive)	Translation
yo	–	–
tú	repite	Repeat!
usted	repita	Repeat!
nosotros	repitamos	Let’s repeat!
vosotros	repetid	Repeat!
ustedes	repitan	Repeat!

Imperative (Negative Command)

Subject Pronouns	Imperative (Negative)	Translation
yo	–	–
tú	no repitas	Don’t repeat!
usted	no repita	Don’t repeat!
nosotros	no repitamos	Let’s not repeat!
vosotros	no repitáis	Don’t repeat!
ustedes	no repitan	Don’t repeat!