curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/es-a1-learn-contact-information-and-spelling/699e02ed65a03e17f7c47760.md
As you learned, repetir means to say something again. When you add the pronoun lo, you are referring to something already mentioned. The pronoun replaces the specific thing (a word, a number, an email address, etc.). So:
Repetir = to repeat.
Repetirlo = to repeat it.
Repetirlo is used when "the thing" is already known from context. The same pattern works with other verbs:
¿Puedes escribirlo? - Can you write it?
¿Puedes decirlo otra vez? - Can you say it again?
Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.
¿Puedes repetirBLANK?
lo
This is a direct object pronoun that replaces "the thing" already mentioned.
Lo is a direct object pronoun used to replace something already known in the conversation. When attached to an infinitive, it forms one word:
repetir + lo → repetirlo - Repeat it.
escribir + lo → escribirlo - Write it.
decir + lo → decirlo - Say it.
This structure is common when the listener already understands what "it" refers to.
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