regir

See also: régir

Catalan

Etymology

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

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

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

• 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.

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin regere.

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

Related terms

• corregir
• dirigir
• erguir
• erigir
• regio
• reina
• reino
• rey

 

Further reading

• “regir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10