repetición

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-

Proto-Indo-European *péth₂eti

Latin petō

Latin repetō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin repetitiōnembor.

Spanish repetición

Borrowed from Latin repetitiōnem. By surface analysis, repetir +‎ -ción.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /repetiˈθjon/ [re.pe.t̪iˈθjõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /repetiˈsjon/ [re.pe.t̪iˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: re‧pe‧ti‧ción

Noun

repetición f (plural repeticiones)

1. repetition
2. replay, action replay
3. (exercise, weightlifting) repetition, rep (colloquial)

Derived terms

• fusil de repetición
• mono de repetición
• reloj de repetición

Related terms

• repetir

Further reading

• “repetición”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025