reinar

See also: Reinar

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese reinar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rēgnāre, present active infinitive of rēgnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rejˈnaɾ/

Verb

1. to reign
   • 1357, M. Romaní Martínez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira. Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 270:

     Andreu Sanches de Gres endeantado mayor en Galisa por nosso sennor el rey don Pedro que Deus leyxe reynar por moytos annos e boos

     Andreu Sánchez de Gres, governor of Galicia in behalf of our lord the king Don Pedro, God let him reign for many good years

2. to like, enjoy; to be good for
3. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of reinar
4. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of reinar

Related terms

• raíña
• rei
• reino

References

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• “reynar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
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• “reinar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

reinar m

1. indefinite plural of rein

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin rēgnāre, present active infinitive of rēgnō.

Verb

1. to reign (to be the king)
2. (figurative) to be influential or predominant

Related terms

• reino
• rei
• reger

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin rēgnāre, present active infinitive of rēgnō.

Verb

1. to reign; to rule over
   • 1909, Casiodoro de Reina, Biblia Reina-Valera, Revisión 1909, Libro II de las Crónicas 26:3

     De diez y seis años era Uzzías cuando comenzó á reinar, y cincuenta y dos años reinó en Jerusalem.

     "Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem."

Related terms

• reinado
• reina
• reino
• rey
• regir