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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

repetir

to repeat

  • #239 most used
  • Irregular -ir verb
  • Gerund: repetindo
  • Past participle: repetido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I repeat
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you repeat
  3. nós we repeat
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all repeat

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I repeated
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you repeated
  3. nós we repeated
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all repeated

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to repeat
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to repeat
  3. nós we are going to repeat
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to repeat

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to repeat
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to repeat
  3. nós we used to repeat
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to repeat

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would repeat
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would repeat
  3. nós we would repeat
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would repeat

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I repeat
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you repeat
  3. nós (that) we repeat
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all repeat

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I repeated
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you repeated
  3. nós (if) we repeated
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all repeated

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I repeat
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you repeat
  3. nós (when) we repeat
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all repeat

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você repeat!
  2. vocês repeat! (all of you)

How to use repetir

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Eu sempre repito a sobremesa na casa dela.

    I always have seconds of dessert at her place.

  2. Past

    Ela repetiu a pergunta três vezes.

    She repeated the question three times.

  3. Future

    O professor vai repetir a explicação amanhã.

    The teacher is going to repeat the explanation tomorrow.

  4. Imperfect

    Meu avô repetia as mesmas histórias sempre.

    My grandfather always repeated the same stories.

  5. Conditional

    Eu repetiria essa viagem sem pensar.

    I'd do this trip again without a second thought.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Quero que você repita a frase devagar.

    I want you to repeat the sentence slowly.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se ele repetisse o erro, perderia o emprego.

    If he repeated the mistake, he'd lose his job.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se eu repetir a palavra, você entende melhor?

    If I repeat the word, do you understand better?

  9. Imperative

    Repita comigo, bem devagar: bom dia!

    Repeat after me, nice and slow: good morning!

Good to know

  • "Pode repetir?" is how you ask someone to say it again; "repetir o prato" is to have seconds.

Where you hear repetir

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Eu repito em voz alta. I repeat out loud.
  • Ele repetiu o número. He repeated the number.
  • Eu vou repetir mais devagar. I'm going to repeat it more slowly.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • O Tom repete tudo no Natal. Tom has seconds of everything at Christmas.
  • O Tom repetiu três vezes. Tom had three helpings.
  • Eu vou repetir o peru. I'm going to have more turkey.
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Can You Hear Me?

Beginner Level 1 · repetir

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She Asked Us to Take Off Our Shoes

Intermediate Level 3 · repetiu

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