repeat

repeat
I 1. [rɪ'piːt]
nome ripetizione f.; teatr. rad. telev. replica f.; mus. ripresa f.
2.
modificatore [attack, attempt, order] ripetuto

repeat order offender — dir. recidivo

II 1. [rɪ'piːt]
verbo transitivo
1) ripetere [word, action, offer, event]; scol. ripetere [year]; rifare [course]; rad. telev. replicare [programme]
2) mus. riprendere [movement]
2.
verbo intransitivo

cucumbers repeat on me — eufem. i cetrioli mi tornano su

3.
verbo riflessivo

to repeat oneself — ripetersi

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[rə'pi:t] 1. verb
1) (to say or do again: Would you repeat those instructions, please?) ripetere
2) (to say (something one has heard) to someone else, sometimes when one ought not to: Please do not repeat what I've just told you.) ripetere
3) (to say (something) one has learned by heart: to repeat a poem.) recitare
2. noun
(something which is repeated: I'm tired of seeing all these repeats on television; (also adjective) a repeat performance.) ripetizione; replica
- repeatedly
- repetition
- repetitive
- repetitively
- repetitiveness
- repeat oneself
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repeat /rɪˈpi:t/
n.
1 ripetizione: Urgent action is needed to prevent a repeat of last summer's floods, è necessario agire con urgenza per evitare che si ripetano le inondazioni dell'estate scorsa
2 (mus., radio, TV) replica
3 (mus., = repeat sign) segno di ripetizione; ritornello
4 (= repeat order) nuova ordinazione (uguale alla precedente)
repeat customer, cliente abituale □ repeat offender, recidivo (sost.) □ (teatr.) repeat performance, replica □ (GB, med.) repeat prescription, ricetta ripetibile.
♦ (to) repeat /rɪˈpi:t/
A v. t.
1 ripetere: to repeat a question, ripetere una domanda; I didn't hear you: can you repeat what you said please?, non ho sentito: puoi ripetere quello che hai detto, per favore?; The word is repeated several times in the text, la parola è ripetuta più volte nel testo; He repeated that he believed me, ha ripetuto che mi credeva; to repeat a mistake, ripetere un errore; to repeat a class [a year], ripetere una classe [un anno]; Repeat after me:…, ripeti dopo di me:…; They plan to repeat the experiments with a larger sample, intendono ripetere gli esperimenti con un campione più esteso; to repeat verses, recitare dei versi
2 ripetere; raccontare: to repeat a secret, raccontare un segreto; Please don't repeat what I've just told you to anyone, per favore, non raccontare a nessuno quello che ti ho appena detto
3 (radio, TV) ritrasmettere: The programme will be repeated on Sunday evening, il programma sarà ritrasmesso domenica sera
B v. i.
(USA) votare (illegalmente) più d'una volta
to repeat oneself, ripetersi: The author tends to repeat himself, l'autore tende a ripetersi; History repeats itself, la storia si ripete □ it doesn't bear repeating, non può essere ripetuto; What they were shouting at the referee doesn't bear repeating, le cose che gridavano all'arbitro non possono essere ripetute.
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I 1. [rɪ'piːt]
nome ripetizione f.; teatr. rad. telev. replica f.; mus. ripresa f.
2.
modificatore [attack, attempt, order] ripetuto

repeat order offender — dir. recidivo

II 1. [rɪ'piːt]
verbo transitivo
1) ripetere [word, action, offer, event]; scol. ripetere [year]; rifare [course]; rad. telev. replicare [programme]
2) mus. riprendere [movement]
2.
verbo intransitivo

cucumbers repeat on me — eufem. i cetrioli mi tornano su

3.
verbo riflessivo

to repeat oneself — ripetersi


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