repo

See also: Repo and řepo

English

Etymology

Clippings.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛpoʊ/, /ˈɹiːpoʊ/

Noun

repo (countable and uncountable, plural repos)

1. (informal) Clipping of repossession, most commonly of a vehicle, house or condominium.

   Can you do a repo tomorrow? It's an SUV in Springfield.

2. (informal) Clipping of repositioning.

   That cruise ship starts its repo tomorrow; it's going to the Caribbean for the winter.

3. (countable, finance, informal) Clipping of repurchase A type of agreement which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate, or to buy something back that was sold.
   • 2026 September 5, Robin Wigglesworth, “The financial world’s ‘dark matter’”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18:

     Simple descriptions of the repo market make it sound quotidian. It consists of selling assets and agreeing to buy them back at a later date at a slight mark-up.

5. (countable, computing, informal) Clipping of repository (“storage location for files”).

   Hyponym: monorepo

   I checked out the Git repo to edit it.

Derived terms

• multirepo
• polyrepo
• repo depot
• repo man
• reverse repo
• subrepo

Verb

repo (third-person singular simple present repos, present participle repoing, simple past and past participle repoed)

1. (informal, transitive) To repossess.

   I had my car repoed when I became unable to keep up the payments.

Further reading

• Repossession on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Repositioning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Repositioning cruise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Repurchase agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Pero, oper, pore, reop, rope

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English repost. Equivalent to English re- +‎ po (“post”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹiː²² pʰou̯⁵⁵/

Verb

repo

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to repost

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from English rap, likely influenced by Russian рэп (rɛp) and to differentiate from rapo (“turnip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -epo
• Syllabification: re‧po

Noun

repo (accusative singular repon, plural repoj, accusative plural repojn)

1. (music) a rap; an instance of rapping
2. (music, uncountable) clipping of repmuziko (“rap music”)

Derived terms

• repi (“to rap”)
• repmuziko (“rap music”)

Further reading

• “repo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “repo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Finnish

FWOTD – 6 February 2021

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *repä (compare Erzya ривезь (riveź)), borrowed from early Indo-Iranian (compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás, Sanskrit लोपि (lopi), Persian روباه (rubâh); Germanic terms like Swedish räv are probably parallel borrowings from Indo-Iranian).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/, [ˈre̞po̞]
• Rhymes: -epo
• Syllabification^(key): re‧po
• Hyphenation^(key): re‧po

Noun

repo (poetic)

1. (archaic, literary) fox, Vulpes vulpes
   • 2003, “Ketun joululaulu [Fox's Christmas Carol]”, performed by Lauluyhtye Rajaton, lyrics from Kanteletar:

     Niin repo etehen juoksi; repo rukka, raukka poika. Sie oot kengältä kepiä; sekä liukas liikunnalta.

     Thus ran the fox forward; poor fox, wretched boy. You have light shoes; and quick movements.

Declension

Inflection of repo (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p–v gradation)
nominative		repo	revot
genitive		revon	repojen
partitive		repoa	repoja
illative		repoon	repoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		repo	revot
accusative	nom.	repo	revot
	gen.	revon
genitive		revon	repojen
partitive		repoa	repoja
inessive		revossa	revoissa
elative		revosta	revoista
illative		repoon	repoihin
adessive		revolla	revoilla
ablative		revolta	revoilta
allative		revolle	revoille
essive		repona	repoina
translative		revoksi	revoiksi
abessive		revotta	revoitta
instructive		—	revoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of repo (Kotus type 1*E/valo, p–v gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative reponi reponi accusative nom. reponi reponi gen. reponi genitive reponi repojeni partitive repoani repojani inessive revossani revoissani elative revostani revoistani illative repooni repoihini adessive revollani revoillani ablative revoltani revoiltani allative revolleni revoilleni essive reponani repoinani translative revokseni revoikseni abessive revottani revoittani instructive — — comitative — repoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative reposi reposi accusative nom. reposi reposi gen. reposi genitive reposi repojesi partitive repoasi repojasi inessive revossasi revoissasi elative revostasi revoistasi illative repoosi repoihisi adessive revollasi revoillasi ablative revoltasi revoiltasi allative revollesi revoillesi essive reponasi repoinasi translative revoksesi revoiksesi abessive revottasi revoittasi instructive — — comitative — repoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative repomme repomme accusative nom. repomme repomme gen. repomme genitive repomme repojemme partitive repoamme repojamme inessive revossamme revoissamme elative revostamme revoistamme illative repoomme repoihimme adessive revollamme revoillamme ablative revoltamme revoiltamme allative revollemme revoillemme essive reponamme repoinamme translative revoksemme revoiksemme abessive revottamme revoittamme instructive — — comitative — repoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative reponne reponne accusative nom. reponne reponne gen. reponne genitive reponne repojenne partitive repoanne repojanne inessive revossanne revoissanne elative revostanne revoistanne illative repoonne repoihinne adessive revollanne revoillanne ablative revoltanne revoiltanne allative revollenne revoillenne essive reponanne repoinanne translative revoksenne revoiksenne abessive revottanne revoittanne instructive — — comitative — repoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative reponsa reponsa accusative nom. reponsa reponsa gen. reponsa genitive reponsa repojensa partitive repoaan repoansa repojaan repojansa inessive revossaan revossansa revoissaan revoissansa elative revostaan revostansa revoistaan revoistansa illative repoonsa repoihinsa adessive revollaan revollansa revoillaan revoillansa ablative revoltaan revoltansa revoiltaan revoiltansa allative revolleen revollensa revoilleen revoillensa essive reponaan reponansa repoinaan repoinansa translative revokseen revoksensa revoikseen revoiksensa abessive revottaan revottansa revoittaan revoittansa instructive — — comitative — repoineen repoinensa

Synonyms

• kettu
• repolainen

Derived terms

• Repo
• Repola
• repolainen
• Reponen

compounds

• revonhäntä
• Revonlahti
• revonrousku
• revonsara
• revontulet
• tulirepo

See also

• repostella

Further reading

• “repo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

• pore, rope

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French repos (“rest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣepo/

Noun

repo

1. rest

Related terms

• repoze

References

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 167

Ingrian

Repo.

Alternative forms

• repoi (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi, from Proto-Uralic *repä. Cognates include Finnish repo and Estonian rebu.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/, [ˈre̞po̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈrepoi̯/, [ˈre̞b̥o̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -epo, -epoi̯
• Hyphenation: re‧po

Noun

repo

1. fox
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19:

     Repo i kana. Repo repi kanan.

     A fox and a hen. The fox snatches the hen.

   • 1936, V. I. Junus, P. L. Maksimov, Inkeroisin keelen oppikirja alkuşkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 41:

     Tere repo, mitä siä tääl issut?

     Hello fox, why are you sitting here?

   • 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     — Se ono repo, — sannoo.

     — That is a fox, — he said.

Declension

Declension of repo (type 4/koivu, p-v gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	repo	revot
genitive	revon	reppoin, repoloin
partitive	reppoa	repoja, repoloja
illative	reppoo	reppoi, repoloihe
inessive	revos	revois, repolois
elative	revost	revoist, repoloist
allative	revolle	revoille, repoloille
adessive	revol	revoil, repoloil
ablative	revolt	revoilt, repoloilt
translative	revoks	revoiks, repoloiks
essive	reponna, reppoon	repoinna, repoloinna, reppoin, repoloin
exessive1)	repont	repoint, repoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• Repola
• revontulet

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790), “ребо”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
• V. I. Junus (1936), Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 471

Karelian

Regional variants of repo

North Karelian (Viena)	repo
South Karelian (Tver)	rebo

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi. Cognates include Finnish repo and Veps reboi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/
• Hyphenation: re‧po

Noun

repo (genitive revon, partitive repuo)

1. (North Karelian) fox

Declension

Viena Karelian declension of repo (type 1/tyttö, p-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	repo	revot
genitive	revon	repojen
partitive	repuo	repoja
illative	repoh	repoloih
inessive	revošša	repoloissa
elative	revošta	repoloista
adessive	revolla	repoloilla
ablative	revolta	repoloilta
translative	revokši	repoloiksi
essive	repona	repoloina
comitative	—	repoloineh
abessive	revotta	repoloitta
prolative	—	—
instructive	—	repoloin

Possessive forms of repo
1st person	reponi
2nd person	repoš
3rd person	repoh
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• P. Zaykov; L. Rugoyeva (1999), “repo”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- (“to creep”). Compare with Lithuanian rėplióti, roplóti (“to creep”), Latvian rãpât, râpt (“to creep”), Middle High German rebe (“offshoot, bud”), Middle High German reben (“to move, stir”), Persian رفتن (raftan, “to go”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈreː.poː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.po]

Verb

rēpō (present infinitive rēpere, perfect active rēpsī, supine rēptum); third conjugation, no passive

1. to creep, crawl

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rēpō (third conjugation, no passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	rēpō		rēpis		rēpit		rēpimus		rēpitis		rēpunt
	imperfect	rēpēbam		rēpēbās		rēpēbat		rēpēbāmus		rēpēbātis		rēpēbant
	future	rēpam		rēpēs		rēpet		rēpēmus		rēpētis		rēpent
	perfect	rēpsī		rēpsistī		rēpsit		rēpsimus		rēpsistis		rēpsērunt, rēpsēre
	pluperfect	rēpseram		rēpserās		rēpserat		rēpserāmus		rēpserātis		rēpserant
	future perfect	rēpserō		rēpseris		rēpserit		rēpserimus		rēpseritis		rēpserint
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	rēpam		rēpās		rēpat		rēpāmus		rēpātis		rēpant
	imperfect	rēperem		rēperēs		rēperet		rēperēmus		rēperētis		rēperent
	perfect	rēpserim		rēpserīs		rēpserit		rēpserīmus		rēpserītis		rēpserint
	pluperfect	rēpsissem		rēpsissēs		rēpsisset		rēpsissēmus		rēpsissētis		rēpsissent
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		rēpe		—		—		rēpite		—
	future	—		rēpitō		rēpitō		—		rēpitōte		rēpuntō
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		rēpere			—			rēpēns			—
future		rēptūrum esse			—			rēptūrus			—
perfect		rēpsisse			—			—			—
perfect potential		rēptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		rēpendī		rēpendō		rēpendum		rēpendō		rēptum		rēptū

Derived terms

• arrēpō
• corrēpō
• dērēpō
• ērēpō
• intrōrēpō
• irrēpō
• obrēpō
• perrēpō
• prōrēpō
• rēptilis
• rēptō
• surrēpō

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: ripire
• Borrowings:
  • → Italian: repere

Further reading

• “repo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “repo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “repo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Māori

Noun

repo

1. swamp

Polabian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rě̀pa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈpɔ/

Noun

repo f

1. turnip

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

repo (Cyrillic spelling репо)

1. vocative singular of repa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Mapudungun repu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/ [ˈre.po]
• Rhymes: -epo
• Syllabification: re‧po

Noun

repo m (plural repos)

1. a bush, Rhaphithamnus spinosus

Further reading

• “repo”, 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

Tahitian

Noun

repo

1. soil

Adjective

repo

1. dirty

References

• Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎^[5] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
• “repo” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *repoi.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivčülä) IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/, [ˈrʲepo]
• (Jõgõperä) IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/, [ˈrepo]
• (Central Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/, [ˈrepo]
• (Eastern Votic) IPA^(key): /ˈrepo/, [ˈrepo]
• Rhymes: -epo
• Hyphenation: re‧po

Noun

repo

1. fox

Inflection

Declension of repo (type II/võrkko, p-v gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	repo	revod
genitive	revo	repojõ
partitive	reppoa	repoit
illative	reppo, repposõ	repoisõ
inessive	revoz	repoiz
elative	revoss	repoiss
allative	revollõ	repoillõ
adessive	revoll	repoill
ablative	revolt	repoilt
translative	revossi	repoissi
'Standardized' inflection based on the Vaipooli dialects; see WT:AVOT. For dialectal differences between case endings, see Appendix:Votic dialects. *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “repo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language]‎^[6], 2nd edition, Tallinn