repetir Present Conjugation
repetir — repeat
Repetir is a stem-changing verb where 'e' becomes 'i' in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
repetir Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present to talk about habits, like a song that repeats on the radio, or when you are currently asking someone to repeat what they said.
Notes on repetir in the Present
This is an e > i stem changer. The change happens in the 'boot' (yo, tú, él, ellos). Nosotros and vosotros stay with the original 'e'.
Example Sentences
Siempre repito el mismo error.
I always repeat the same mistake.
yo
¿Puedes hablar más alto? No te repito las cosas dos veces.
Can you speak louder? I'm not repeating things to you twice.
yo
Nosotros repetimos la coreografía muchas veces.
We repeat the choreography many times.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'nosotros repitimos'.
Correct: repetimos
Why: Stem changes never happen in the nosotros or vosotros forms in the present indicative.
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Related Tenses
Preterite
yo: repetí
Repetir has a 'third-person' stem change: e becomes i in the él/ella and ellos/ellas forms (repitió, repitieron).
Imperfect
yo: repetía
Repetir is regular in the imperfect: repetía, repetías, repetía...
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.