arrepender

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From a- + Old Galician-Portuguese repender, repeender, from Early Medieval Latin repoenitēre, from Latin paenitēre. Suffixation perhaps to avoid confusion with the unrelated Portuguese pender (hang).

Compare Galician arrepender, Spanish arrepentirse.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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arrepender (first-person singular present arrependo, first-person singular preterite arrependi, past participle arrependido)

  1. (pronominal) to repent (to feel bad about one’s past misdeeds)
    Nunca me arrependerei.
    I shall never repent.
  2. (pronominal) to regret (to feel bad about about having done something) [with de ‘something’ or de (+ infinitive or personal infinitive) ‘doing someting’]
    Os terroristas se arrependeram do ataque.
    The terrorists regretted the attack.
    Farei vocês se arrependerem de ter nascido.
    I will make you regret having been born.

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