répetar

See also: repetar

Norman

Alternative forms

• èrpéter (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French repeter, borrowed from Latin repetō, repetere, from re- (“again”) + petō, petere (“attack, beseech”), from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to fall; fly”).

Verb

répetar

1. (Guernsey) to repeat
   • 2006, Marie de Garis, “La Julie et la Princesse”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 34:

     Et bian, nous est des gens respectabll, et j'en m'en vais pas répetar chu qu'i l'y dit.

     Well, we are respectable people, and I'm not going to repeat what he said.