arrepentirse

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Spanish

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /arepenˈtiɾse/ [a.re.pẽn̪ˈt̪iɾ.se]
  • Rhymes: -iɾse
  • Syllabification: a‧rre‧pen‧tir‧se

Verb

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arrepentirse (first-person singular present me arrepiento, first-person singular preterite me arrepentí, past participle arrepentido)

  1. (reflexive, followed by de) to regret
    Synonym: sentir
  2. (reflexive) to repent

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “arrepentirse”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 353

Further reading

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