iterar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English iterate, French itérer, Spanish iterar, Italian iterare, ultimately from Latin iterō, from iterum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iteˈrar/
• Hyphenation: i‧te‧rar

Verb

iterar (present tense iteras, past tense iteris, future tense iteros, imperative iterez, conditional iterus)

1. (transitive) to iterate, reiterate, repeat; to do two or more times what one has already done before

Conjugation

Conjugation of iterar

		present		past		future
infinitive		iterar		iterir		iteror
tense		iteras		iteris		iteros
conditional		iterus		—		—
imperative		iterez		—		—
adjective active participle		iteranta		iterinta		iteronta
adverbial active participle		iterante		iterinte		iteronte
nominal active participle	singular	iteranto		iterinto		iteronto
	plural	iteranti		iterinti		iteronti
adjective passive participle		iterata		iterita		iterota
adverbial passive participle		iterate		iterite		iterote
nominal passive participle	singular	iterato		iterito		iteroto
	plural	iterati		iteriti		iteroti

Derived terms

• iterala (“iterative, repetitious”)
• itere (“again, anew, once more, over again”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin iterāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [i.teˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [i.teˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /i.teˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /i.teˈɾa(ʁ)/ [i.teˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /i.teˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.tɨˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.tɨˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.tɨˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: i‧te‧rar

Verb

iterar (first-person singular present itero, first-person singular preterite iterei, past participle iterado)

1. to iterate, reiterate, repeat

   Synonyms: reiterar, repetir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of iterar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	iterar
Personal	iterar	iterares	iterar	iterarmos	iterardes	iterarem
Gerund
	iterando
Past participle
Masculine	iterado			iterados
Feminine	iterada			iteradas
Indicative
Present	itero	iteras	itera	iteramos	iterais	iteram
Imperfect	iterava	iteravas	iterava	iterávamos	iteráveis	iteravam
Preterite	iterei	iteraste	iterou	iteramos1, iterámos2	iterastes	iteraram
Pluperfect	iterara	iteraras	iterara	iteráramos	iteráreis	iteraram
Future	iterarei	iterarás	iterará	iteraremos	iterareis	iterarão
Conditional	iteraria	iterarias	iteraria	iteraríamos	iteraríeis	iterariam
Subjunctive
Present	itere	iteres	itere	iteremos	itereis	iterem
Imperfect	iterasse	iterasses	iterasse	iterássemos	iterásseis	iterassem
Future	iterar	iterares	iterar	iterarmos	iterardes	iterarem
Imperative
Affirmative		itera	itere	iteremos	iterai	iterem
Negative (não)		não iteres	não itere	não iteremos	não itereis	não iterem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “iterar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin iterāre. Cognate with English iterate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iteˈɾaɾ/ [i.t̪eˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: i‧te‧rar

Verb

iterar (first-person singular present itero, first-person singular preterite iteré, past participle iterado)

1. (formal, transitive) to repeat, to iterate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of iterar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			iterar
gerund			iterando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		iterado		iterada
		plural		iterados		iteradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	itero	iterastú iterásvos	itera	iteramos	iteráis	iteran
	imperfect	iteraba	iterabas	iteraba	iterábamos	iterabais	iteraban
	preterite	iteré	iteraste	iteró	iteramos	iterasteis	iteraron
	future	iteraré	iterarás	iterará	iteraremos	iteraréis	iterarán
	conditional	iteraría	iterarías	iteraría	iteraríamos	iteraríais	iterarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	itere	iterestú iterésvos2	itere	iteremos	iteréis	iteren
	imperfect (ra)	iterara	iteraras	iterara	iteráramos	iterarais	iteraran
	imperfect (se)	iterase	iterases	iterase	iterásemos	iteraseis	iterasen
	future1	iterare	iterares	iterare	iteráremos	iterareis	iteraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		iteratú iterávos	itere	iteremos	iterad	iteren
	negative		no iteres	no itere	no iteremos	no iteréis	no iteren

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of iterar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive iterar	dative	iterarme	iterarte	iterarle, iterarse	iterarnos	iteraros	iterarles, iterarse
	accusative	iterarme	iterarte	iterarlo, iterarla, iterarse	iterarnos	iteraros	iterarlos, iterarlas, iterarse
with gerund iterando	dative	iterándome	iterándote	iterándole, iterándose	iterándonos	iterándoos	iterándoles, iterándose
	accusative	iterándome	iterándote	iterándolo, iterándola, iterándose	iterándonos	iterándoos	iterándolos, iterándolas, iterándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative itera	dative	itérame	itérate	itérale	itéranos	not used	itérales
	accusative	itérame	itérate	itéralo, itérala	itéranos	not used	itéralos, itéralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative iterá	dative	iterame	iterate	iterale	iteranos	not used	iterales
	accusative	iterame	iterate	iteralo, iterala	iteranos	not used	iteralos, iteralas
with formal second-person singular imperative itere	dative	itéreme	not used	itérele, itérese	itérenos	not used	itéreles
	accusative	itéreme	not used	itérelo, itérela, itérese	itérenos	not used	itérelos, itérelas
with first-person plural imperative iteremos	dative	not used	iterémoste	iterémosle	iterémonos	iterémoos	iterémosles
	accusative	not used	iterémoste	iterémoslo, iterémosla	iterémonos	iterémoos	iterémoslos, iterémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative iterad	dative	iteradme	not used	iteradle	iteradnos	iteraos	iteradles
	accusative	iteradme	not used	iteradlo, iteradla	iteradnos	iteraos	iteradlos, iteradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative iteren	dative	itérenme	not used	itérenle	itérennos	not used	itérenles, itérense
	accusative	itérenme	not used	itérenlo, itérenla	itérennos	not used	itérenlos, itérenlas, itérense

Related terms

• iteración
• iterativo
• reiterar

Further reading

• “iterar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025