Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I happen again
- tú you happen again
- usted, él, ella he/she happens again
- nosotros we happen again
- vosotros Spain you all happen again
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they happen again
SPANISH VERB
repetirse
to happen again
- Irregular -ir verb
- Gerund: repitiéndose
- Past participle: repetido
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I happened again
- tú you happened again
- usted, él, ella he/she happened again
- nosotros we happened again
- vosotros Spain you all happened again
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they happened again
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to happen again
- tú you used to happen again
- usted, él, ella he/she used to happen again
- nosotros we used to happen again
- vosotros Spain you all used to happen again
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to happen again
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will happen again
- tú you will happen again
- usted, él, ella he/she will happen again
- nosotros we will happen again
- vosotros Spain you all will happen again
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will happen again
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would happen again
- tú you would happen again
- usted, él, ella he/she would happen again
- nosotros we would happen again
- vosotros Spain you all would happen again
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would happen again
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I happen again
- tú (that) you happen again
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she happen again
- nosotros (that) we happen again
- vosotros Spain (that) you all happen again
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they happen again
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I happened again
- tú (if) you happened again
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she happened again
- nosotros (if) we happened again
- vosotros Spain (if) you all happened again
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they happened again
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú happen again!
- usted happen again! (formal)
- nosotros happen again! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain happen again! (all of you)
- ustedes happen again! (all of you)
How to use repetirse
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
La historia siempre se repite en esta familia.
History always repeats itself in this family.
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Past
El apagón se repitió tres veces esa semana.
The power cut happened again three times that week.
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Imperfect
Cada verano se repetía la misma discusión.
Every summer the same argument happened again.
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Future
Tranquila, esto no se repetirá nunca más.
Don't worry, this will never happen again.
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Conditional
Sin esa norma, el problema se repetiría cada año.
Without that rule, the problem would happen again every year.
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Present subjunctive
Que no se repita, ¿vale?
Don't let it happen again, OK?
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Past subjunctive
Cambiaron la cerradura para que no se repitiera el robo.
They changed the lock so the burglary wouldn't happen again.
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Imperative
Repítete esa frase hasta que te la creas.
Repeat that sentence to yourself until you believe it.
Good to know
- "Que no se repita" is what a parent or a boss says: let it not happen again. "Repetir" alone is also to have seconds: ¿repites?
Where you hear repetirse
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Advanced Level 2
- La historia siempre se repite. History always repeats itself.
- El error no se repitió. The mistake didn't happen again.
- Esto no se repetirá nunca. This will never happen again.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ir verb.