regentar
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
regentar (first-person singular present regento, first-person singular preterite regentí, past participle regentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to run (to control or manage, be in charge of)
- regentar un hostal ― to run a hostel
Conjugation
Conjugation of regentar (first conjugation)
Further reading
- “regentar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “regentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “regentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “regentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
regentar m
- indefinite plural of regent
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rexenˈtaɾ/ [re.xẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: re‧gen‧tar
Verb
regentar (first-person singular present regento, first-person singular preterite regenté, past participle regentado)
- (transitive) to manage; run; be in charge (of)
- Synonym: dirigir
- Pablo regenta la tienda de alimentación
- Pablo runs the grocery shop
Conjugation
Conjugation of regentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of regentar
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 regentar | dative | regentarme | regentarte | regentarle, regentarse | regentarnos | regentaros | regentarles, regentarse |
| accusative | regentarme | regentarte | regentarlo, regentarla, regentarse | regentarnos | regentaros | regentarlos, regentarlas, regentarse | |
| with gerund regentando | dative | regentándome | regentándote | regentándole, regentándose | regentándonos | regentándoos | regentándoles, regentándose |
| accusative | regentándome | regentándote | regentándolo, regentándola, regentándose | regentándonos | regentándoos | regentándolos, regentándolas, regentándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative regenta | dative | regéntame | regéntate | regéntale | regéntanos | not used | regéntales |
| accusative | regéntame | regéntate | regéntalo, regéntala | regéntanos | not used | regéntalos, regéntalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative regentá | dative | regentame | regentate | regentale | regentanos | not used | regentales |
| accusative | regentame | regentate | regentalo, regentala | regentanos | not used | regentalos, regentalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative regente | dative | regénteme | not used | regéntele, regéntese | regéntenos | not used | regénteles |
| accusative | regénteme | not used | regéntelo, regéntela, regéntese | regéntenos | not used | regéntelos, regéntelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative regentemos | dative | not used | regentémoste | regentémosle | regentémonos | regentémoos | regentémosles |
| accusative | not used | regentémoste | regentémoslo, regentémosla | regentémonos | regentémoos | regentémoslos, regentémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative regentad | dative | regentadme | not used | regentadle | regentadnos | regentaos | regentadles |
| accusative | regentadme | not used | regentadlo, regentadla | regentadnos | regentaos | regentadlos, regentadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative regenten | dative | regéntenme | not used | regéntenle | regéntennos | not used | regéntenles, regéntense |
| accusative | regéntenme | not used | regéntenlo, regéntenla | regéntennos | not used | regéntenlos, regéntenlas, regéntense | |
Further reading
- “regentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024