repetir

[ʁə.pə.ˈtir]

verb

to repeat

1. to say, do, or produce again

Could you repeat that sentence?

Você pode repetir essa frase?

2. to occur or happen again

History tends to repeat itself.

A história tende a se repetir.

3. to take a class or exam again (in educational context)

He had to repeat the year due to poor grades.

Ele teve que repetir o ano devido às más notas.

4. to recite from memory

The student repeated the poem without mistakes.

O aluno repetiu o poema sem erros.

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Regional Variations

General Brazilian

repetir

Standard usage throughout Brazil

Portugal

repetir

Standard usage; may use 'reprovar' in educational context to mean 'fail/repeat'

São Paulo

repetir

No significant regional variation

repetir à exaustão (repeat to exhaustion)

repetir como um papagaio (repeat like a parrot)

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