regir

See also: régir

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to rule, to govern

Conjugation
    Conjugation of regir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
infinitive regir
gerund regint
past participle masculine feminine
singular regit regida
plural regits regides
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present regeixo regeixes regeix regim regiu regeixen
imperfect regia regies regia regíem regíeu regien
future regiré regiràs regirà regirem regireu regiran
preterite regí regires regí regírem regíreu regiren
conditional regiria regiries regiria regiríem regiríeu regirien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present regeixi regeixis regeixi regim regiu regeixin
imperfect regís regissis regís regíssim regíssiu regissin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
affirmative — regeix regeixi regim regiu regeixin
negative (no) — no regeixis no regeixi no regim no regiu no regeixin

Derived terms

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin regere.[1]

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

Verb

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.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of regir (e-i alternation; g-j alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive regir
gerund rigiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular regido regida
plural regidos regidas
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 rijo rigestú
regísvos		 rige regimos regís rigen
imperfect regía regías regía regíamos regíais regían
preterite regí registe rigió regimos registeis rigieron
future regiré regirás regirá regiremos regiréis regirán
conditional regiría regirías regiría regiríamos regiríais regirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present rija rijastú
rijásvos2		 rija rijamos rijáis rijan
imperfect
(ra)		 rigiera rigieras rigiera rigiéramos rigierais rigieran
imperfect
(se)		 rigiese rigieses rigiese rigiésemos rigieseis rigiesen
future1 rigiere rigieres rigiere rigiéremos rigiereis rigieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative rigetú
regívos		 rija rijamos regid rijan
negative no rijas no rija no rijamos no rijáis no rijan

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of regir (e-i alternation; g-j alternation)

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 regir
dative regirme regirte regirle, regirse regirnos regiros regirles, regirse
accusative regirme regirte regirlo, regirla, regirse regirnos regiros regirlos, regirlas, regirse
with gerund rigiendo
dative rigiéndome rigiéndote rigiéndole, rigiéndose rigiéndonos rigiéndoos rigiéndoles, rigiéndose
accusative rigiéndome rigiéndote rigiéndolo, rigiéndola, rigiéndose rigiéndonos rigiéndoos rigiéndolos, rigiéndolas, rigiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rige
dative rígeme rígete rígele rígenos not used rígeles
accusative rígeme rígete rígelo, rígela rígenos not used rígelos, rígelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative regí
dative regime regite regile reginos not used regiles
accusative regime regite regilo, regila reginos not used regilos, regilas
with formal second-person singular imperative rija
dative ríjame not used ríjale, ríjase ríjanos not used ríjales
accusative ríjame not used ríjalo, ríjala, ríjase ríjanos not used ríjalos, ríjalas
with first-person plural imperative rijamos
dative not used rijámoste rijámosle rijámonos rijámoos rijámosles
accusative not used rijámoste rijámoslo, rijámosla rijámonos rijámoos rijámoslos, rijámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative regid
dative regidme not used regidle regidnos regíos regidles
accusative regidme not used regidlo, regidla regidnos regíos regidlos, regidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rijan
dative ríjanme not used ríjanle ríjannos not used ríjanles, ríjanse
accusative ríjanme not used ríjanlo, ríjanla ríjannos not used ríjanlos, ríjanlas, ríjanse

References
  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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