regir

See also: régir

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin regō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈd͡ʒiɾ]

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to rule, to govern

Derived terms

• regidor

Related terms

• regiment
• regne
• rei

Further reading

• “regir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “regir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “regir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “regir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin regere, present active infinitive of regō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈxiɾ/ [reˈxiɾ]

Verb

1. to rule, govern, be in charge of, reign

   Recuerda España que tú registe el imperio de los mares. (Latin sentence of the Spanish empire that today is written on a sculpture in San Fernando, Spain)

   Remember Spain that you ruled the empire of the seas.

2. (grammar) to take

   Algunos verbos rigen complementos indirectos.

   Some verbs take indirect objects.

Related terms

• rey
• reina
• reino
• regio
• corregir
• dirigir

Further reading

• “regir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

References