Powtarza

Powtarza is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb powtarzać, meaning "he repeats" or "she repeats." It can be used with masculine or feminine subjects in the present and describes an action that is happening or is habitual.

Powtarzać belongs to the imperfective aspect, indicating repetition or recurrence rather than a single completed act. Its perfective counterpart is powtórzyć, whose present tense forms (such as powtórzy) point to a completed repetition or a future action. In practice, powtarza emphasizes ongoing repetition, while powtórzy expresses a completed or forthcoming repetition.

In usage, powtarza appears in statements about repeating words, phrases, procedures, or lessons. Common collocations include powtarzać po kimś (to repeat after someone) and powtarzać za nauczycielem (to repeat after the teacher). The phrase powtarza to samo highlights repeating the same thing.

Examples:

- On powtarza definicję na głos.

- Uczeń powtarza za nauczycielem, aż wymawia poprawnie wyrażenie.

See also: powtarzać, powtórzyć, powtarzanie.