repetir

Senses

1. 1.

   to repeat

   to say or do something again

2. 2.

   to have seconds

   to serve oneself more food, to take another portion

3. 3.

   to repeat (a grade/year)

   to fail and have to redo a school year

Examples

• "Você pode repetir o que disse? Não entendi."

  Can you repeat what you said? I didn't understand.

• "A comida está tão boa que vou repetir."

  The food is so good that I'm going to have seconds.

• "Ele repetiu o terceiro ano por causa das faltas."

  He repeated third grade because of absences.

Usage

Regular -ir verb. In dining contexts, "repetir" (to have seconds) is very common in Brazilian Portuguese. Common collocations: "repetir uma frase" (repeat a phrase), "repetir o prato" (have seconds), "repetir de ano" (repeat a school year). The reflexive form is not typically used.