repeat

ripetere

Dire o fare qualcosa un’altra volta.

In inglese semplice: To say or do something again.

• Please repeat the question.
• We repeated the experiment three times.
• Can you repeat those instructions more slowly?

Come si usa: repeat something to someone (She repeated the message to her brother.); repeat after someone (Please repeat after me.)

Sinonimi: redo, do again, say again

Espressioni comuni: repeat a question, repeat an experiment, repeat after someone

ripetersi

Dire nuovamente qualcosa che si è già detto.

In inglese semplice: To say again something you have already said.

• Please do not repeat yourself.
• He repeated himself because nobody was listening.
• Am I repeating myself, or have I never told you this?

Come si usa: repeat oneself (She often repeats herself when she is tired.)

Espressioni comuni: repeat yourself, repeat myself

ripetersi

Accadere un’altra volta, spesso nello stesso modo.

In inglese semplice: To happen again, often in the same way.

• The pattern repeats every minute.
• This problem has repeated several times.
• History can repeat itself if we ignore its lessons.

Sinonimi: recur

Espressioni comuni: repeat itself, repeat endlessly, repeat every day

ripetere il tiro

Ordinare un’altra scarica d’artiglieria con le istruzioni precedenti e le modifiche richieste.

In inglese semplice: To order another round of artillery fire using the previous firing instructions, with any requested changes.

• Repeat the fire mission.
• The officer ordered the battery to repeat.
• Adjust fifty metres left and repeat on the target.

Espressioni comuni: repeat fire mission, repeat on target

ripetizione, replica

Qualcosa che accade, viene fatto o mostrato di nuovo.

In inglese semplice: Something that happens, is done, or is shown again.

• This programme is a repeat.
• We want to avoid a repeat of that mistake.
• They showed three repeats of the comedy last week.

Come si usa: a repeat of something (Nobody wants a repeat of last winter’s delays.)

Sinonimi: repetition, rerun

Espressioni comuni: a repeat performance, repeat of something, watch a repeat

segno di ripetizione, ritornello

Segno scritto che indica di suonare nuovamente una parte del brano.

In inglese semplice: A written sign that tells you to play a section of music again.

• There is a repeat at the end.
• Play from the beginning when you reach the repeat.
• The pianist missed both repeats in the score.

Sinonimi: repeat mark

Espressioni comuni: repeat sign, marked repeat, follow the repeat