regir

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Learned borrowing from Latin regere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

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regir (first-person singular present regeixo, first-person singular preterite regí, past participle regit)

  1. (transitive) to rule, to govern

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Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Latin regere.[1]

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  • IPA(key): /reˈxiɾ/ [reˈxiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: re‧gir

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regir (first-person singular present rijo, first-person singular preterite regí, past participle regido)

  1. to rule, govern, be in charge of, reign
    Recuerda España que tú registe el imperio de los mares.
    Remember Spain that you ruled the empire of the seas.
    (Latin sentence of the Spanish empire that today is written on a sculpture in San Fernando, Spain)
  2. (grammar) to take
    Algunos verbos rigen complementos indirectos.
    Some verbs take indirect objects.

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