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Spanish
Etymology
From a- + Old Spanish repentirse, from Vulgar Latin *repaenitīre, from Late Latin paenitīre, from Classical Latin paenitēre.
The Old Spanish form with /t/ appears to have been influenced by Old French repentir or, less likely, Latin. The expected outcome with voiced /d/, namely rependirse, is also attested.[1]
Compare Galician arrepentir, Portuguese arrepender.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arepenˈtiɾse/
- Rhymes: -iɾse
- Syllabification: a‧rre‧pen‧tir‧se
Verb
arrepentirse (first-person singular present me arrepiento, first-person singular preterite me arrepentí, past participle arrepentido)
- (reflexive, followed by de) to regret
- Synonym: sentir
- (reflexive) to repent
Usage notes
- When the object of de in arrepentirse de is a clause headed by que (as opposed to, say, a verb phrase cast in the infinitive), that clause is cast in the subjunctive mood.
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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