repartir

Repartir is a Spanish verb with the core sense of distributing or handing out something among several recipients. It can denote allocating goods, money, or resources; assigning tasks or responsibilities; or spreading a quantity into portions. In games and betting, repartir also means to deal cards or chips to players. The term can be used in a broad, practical sense to describe the act of dividing or apportioning something among people, places, or time.

As a transitive verb, repartir is followed by a direct object and often by a recipient or context that clarifies the division: for example, repartir la carga, repartir las ganancias, or repartir tareas among a team. It is common in business, logistics, hospitality, sports, and everyday speech. The reflexive form repartirse can mean to divide something among oneself or among participants, as in repartir el tiempo o repartirse el trabajo.

Reparto is the corresponding noun, referring to the act or result of distributing. It also designates the cast of a film or show in the entertainment industry (el reparto de la película). Other related terms include repartidor, a delivery person who distributes goods, and reparto de utilidades, a profit-sharing arrangement. The word is widely used throughout the Spanish-speaking world.

Conjugation of repartir follows a regular -ir pattern. Present: reparto, repartes, reparte, repartimos, repartís, reparten. Preterite: repartí, repartiste, repartió, repartimos, repartisteis, repartieron. Imperfect: repartía, repartías, repartía, repartíamos, repartíais, repartían. Gerund: repartiendo. Participle: repartido. Etymology traces to re- plus partir, meaning to divide again or anew. In context, repartir commonly conveys orderly distribution, fair allocation, or procedural sharing in social, economic, and cultural settings.