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repetir Imperfect Conjugation

repetir — repeat

A2irregular (e > i stem change) -ir★★★★★
Quick answer:

Repetir is regular in the imperfect: repetía, repetías, repetía...

repetir Imperfect Forms

yorepetía
túrepetías
él/ella/ustedrepetía
nosotrosrepetíamos
vosotrosrepetíais
ellos/ellas/ustedesrepetían

When to Use the Imperfect

Use the imperfect to describe things you used to repeat habitually in the past or to set the scene (e.g., 'The parrot was repeating everything').

Notes on repetir in the Imperfect

Repetir is regular in the imperfect. All -ir verbs in this tense use the -ía endings and do not have stem changes.

Example Sentences

  • Mi abuelo siempre repetía las mismas historias.

    My grandfather always used to repeat the same stories.

    él/ella/usted

  • En la escuela, nosotros repetíamos las tablas de multiplicar.

    In school, we used to repeat the multiplication tables.

    nosotros

  • Tú repetías mi nombre mientras dormías.

    You were repeating my name while you were sleeping.

    tú

Common Mistakes

  • Mistake: Using 'repitía' with an 'i'.

    Correct: repetía

    Why: There are no stem changes in the imperfect for -ir verbs.

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Related Tenses

Present

yo: repito

Repetir is a stem-changing verb where 'e' becomes 'i' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.

Preterite

yo: repetí

Repetir has a 'third-person' stem change: e becomes i in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms (repitió, repitieron).

Future

yo: repetiré

Repetir is regular in the future tense; just add the endings to the full infinitive.

Conditional

yo: repetiría

Repetir is regular in the conditional; add -ía to the infinitive (repetiría).

Present Subjunctive

yo: repita

Repetir stem-changes to 'i' in ALL forms of the present subjunctive (repita, repitamos).

Imperfect Subjunctive

yo: repitiera

The imperfect subjunctive uses the 'i' stem from the preterite: repitiera, repitieras...

Affirmative Imperative

yo: repite

Commands use 'repite' (tú) and 'repita' (usted), with a stem change to 'i'.

Negative Imperative

yo: no repitas

Negative commands use the present subjunctive: no repitas, no repita, no repitamos.