repair 1 adj. and n. It applies to what or what repairs or fixes something. adj Particularly, to what serves to repair the forces: A restful sleep . adj and n. It applies to the person who repaid another. To the one who remedies a fault he has committed. adj To what serves as reparation for an offense or damage caused to someone. 2 adj. and n. It applies to the person who tends to find faults or defects in people or things. Chinchorrero, reparon.