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la regla

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rule

[ruːl]

sustantivo

1regla (f) norma (f) (principle, regulation)

as a rule -> por norma, por regla general
to make it a rule to do something -> tener por costumbre or norma hacer algo
rules and regulations -> normativa (f) , reglamento (m)
to work to rule (industria) -> hacer huelga de celo
it's against the rules -> va contra las normas
as a rule of thumb -> por regla general
rule book -> reglamento (m)

2gobierno (m) (government)

under British rule -> bajo dominio or gobierno británico
the rule of law -> el imperio de la ley

3regla (f) (for measuring)

verbo transitivo

4gobernar (country, people)

don't let him rule your life -> no le dejes que gobierne or controle tu vida

5decretar, determinar (decide, decree)

6rayar (paper)

ruled paper -> papel (m) rayado or pautado

verbo intransitivo

7reinar (monarch)

8decidir, fallar (judge)

to rule in favor of/against somebody -> fallar a favor de/en contra de alguien

rule [rul]

sustantivo

1Mando, poder, autoridad, señorío.

2Regla, modelo o ejemplo que debe servir de medida para ajustar las acciones y pensamientos; método o principio de acción.

3Regla, el listón que sirve para trazar las líneas derechas, cartabón.

4Regularidad, buen orden.

5Auto, fallo de un tribunal; también, regla, estatuto.

6Raya, filete, regla de imprenta.

7Raya, línea rayada o reglada.

8Reglamento.

To be the rule -> ser de regla, de reglamento
To bear rule -> mandar
To make it a rule to -> hacerse una regla, una ley, de
Two-foot rule -> regla de dos pies de largo
Rule of proportion -> regla de tres o de proporción
Standing rules ->

1Gobernar, mandar, reprimir, subyugar, contener, moderar (to govern, direct, run).

2Establecer una regla, un reglamento; dirigir, disciplinar, decidir según regla

sustantivo

3Arreglar, conducir.

4Rayar, marcar con rayas o líneas, marcar o trazar con una regla, reglar.

To ruel paper -> reglar papel
To rule out -> (For.) No admitir, no recibir, desechar
To rule the roast -> mandar, terminar
To rule with a rod of iron -> gobernar con mano de hierro

verbo neutro (intransitivo)

5Señorear, dominar, tener mando o autoridad; regir. (n)

6Poner, sentar, establecer, una regla que debe observarse; formular una decisión. (n)

7Tener influencia predominante, prevalecer. (n)

8Quedar, permanecer en determinado nivel o estado. (Comercio) (m)

9Mantenerse a un tipo; estar los precios altos, bajos. (m)

To rule over -> regir, gobernar, dominar
He is ruled by his wife -> su mujer le manda

va.

rule [ruːl]

noun

1 (regulation) regla; (f) norma; (f)rules [of competition] bases; (f)

it's the rules son las reglas; esa es la norma; the rules of the game las reglas del juego; the rules of chess las reglas del ajedrez

the rules governing the use of food additives this is forbidden under rule 7(c) under the new rules shareholders will get more information there are strict rules about what you may and may not do the amendment to Rule 22 the new rules should eventually reduce auto emissions by nearly one third this rule applies to everyone according to the rules of quantum theory the rules state that no employee of the company is eligible to enter

school rules reglamento escolar; (m)

the school rules forbade running in the corridor

it's a rule that all guests must vacate their rooms by 10a.m. por norma los clientes tienen que dejar la habitación antes de las 10 de la mañana

running is against the rulesagainstit's against the rules to runagainst está prohibido correr

it is against the rules to keep pets

to break the rulesbreak infringir las reglas las normas el reglamento;oror

anyone who breaks the rules will be punished there is no [hard-and-fast] rule about it

to make the rulesmake dictar las normas

in my job I'm allowed to make my own rules en mi trabajo se me permite decidir cómo se hacen las cosas

I'm the one who makes the rules in this house

to play by the rulesplay by obedecer las reglas las normas;or

They realize that it is sometimes necessary to sacrifice immediate gratification and personal freedom for the common good. The feeling that they are playing by the rules, doing their duty, and being good citizens is their reward We cannot have a double standard where we sayeverybody else needs these laws, but somehow we don't need them;everybody else must play by the rules, but we here in the Congress do not need to play by the rules In the name of all those who do the work, pay the taxes, raise the kids and play by the rules, in the name of the hard working Americans who make up our forgotten middle class, I proudly accept your nomination for president if you're going to work here you'll need to play by my rules either leave the club or play by the rules there was some security in knowing that everyone played by the same rules

I couldn't stand a life governed by rules and regulationsregulations no soportaría una vida llena de reglas y normas

details of all employee rules and regulations are provided the rules and regulations governing safety at work

rules of the roadroad normas reglamento de tráfico; (f)or (m)

they tear around in luxury cars, ignoring stop lights and most rules of the road model motorists who display good skills and obey the rules of the road I had a standing rule that they had to bring in a constituent if they were to see me as a standing rule he does not discuss his football career during the baseball season the company even has a standing rule to use both sides of every sheet of paper to bend the rules there happens to be a particular urgency in this case, and it would help if you could bend the rules couldn't you bend the rules slightly? she was willing to bend the rules to get me accepted

bend golden ground work

2 (guiding principle) regla; (f)

the rule is: if in doubt, dry clean an important rule is to drink plenty of water during any flight.. by and large, the rules for healthy eating are the same during pregnancy as at any other time

rule of threethree (Mat) regla de tres; (f)

rule of thumbthumb regla general; (f)

as a rule of thumb, a bottle of wine holds six glasses por regla general, una botella de vino da para seis vasos; I just do it by rule of thumb lo hago simplemente siguiendo mi criterio

a good rule of thumb is that a broker must generate sales of ten times his salary if his employer is to make a profit it's a fairly safe rule of thumb - follow it and you'll be OK as a rule of thumb, drink a glass of water every hour you are travelling the following rule of thumb guide can help you decide these /rule of thumb calculations give good, quick estimates/ but are not really 100% accurate

3 (habit, custom) norma; (f)

short haircuts became the rule el pelo corto se convirtió en la norma

bad weather is the rule here violence was the rule rather than the exception however, for many Americans today, weekend work has become the rule rather then the exception

as a (general) ruleas por regla general; en general; normalmente

doctors are not as a rule trained in child rearing as a rule, however, such attacks have been aimed at causing damage rather than taking life as a general rule, the less important an executive is, the more status-conscious he is likely to be industrialised countries as a rule can afford to spend more

he makes it a rule to get up earlymakes tiene por norma por sistema levantarse temprano;or

I make it a rule never to drink I make it a rule that she must be in by 10pm you should make it a rule always to keep check of who has what

exception

4 (government) gobierno; (m) (reign) reinado; (m)

military/one-party rule gobierno militar/unipartidista; (m)

they are demanding an end to one-party rule Bonaparte wanted to consolidate his rule Punjab has been under direct rule for three years the next government must be based on democratic rule they are demanding an end to white minority rule the most obvious threat to his rule came in early March rule by intimidation proved the best method in the classroom Boris Yeltsin's announcement of emergency presidential rule the Georgian president today faced the most serious challenge to his rule since he was elected last spring the referendum appeared to be designed to show support for his rule

the rule of lawlaw el imperio de la ley

I am confident that we can restore peace, stability and respect for the rule of law a free society depends on the rule of law it was essential to uphold the rule of law

under British ruleunder bajo el dominio británico

under the rule of Louis XV bajo el reinado de Luis XV

[under] the rule of fear

5 (for measuring) regla; (f)

Sikhs were expected to adhere strictly to the religious rules concerning appearance the [Benedictine] rule

verb:transitive

1 (govern) gobernar

feudal states, ruled by autocratic kings for four centuries foreigners had ruled Angola he ruled the company for 40 years to rule an empire the military government went on ruling the country he ruled an empire stretching from the Mediterranean to Central and South America

to rule the roost llevar la batuta

a woman of iron character who had ruled the roost for years of the big English brewers, Bass rules the roost in the south and west in many fields foreign capital still rules the roost you shouldn't let your two-year-old rule the roost with his tantrums and tears

2 (dominate, control) controlar; dominar

you shouldn't let work rule your life no deberías permitir que el trabajo controlara dominara tu vida;or Mars rules Aries Aries está bajo la influencia de Marte

be ruled by my advice he's ruled by his wife I won't be ruled by what he wants to rule one's temper computers might rule the world one day Lenin believed that the world was ruled by financial capital this city is ruled by industry and commerce the streets were ruled by gangs his passion for her ruled his life scientists have always been aware of how fear can rule our lives and make us ill

heart

3 especially (Jur) (declare) dictaminar

judge, chairman, official

the court has ruled the strike to be illegal el tribunal ha dictaminado que la huelga es ilegal

the judge ruled the women's evidence inadmissible the judge ruled the defence out of order the High Court has ruled as illegal the decision by the government to ban public meetings of the opposition Movement a provincial magistrates' court last week ruled it unconstitutional to rule sth [out of order]

the motion was ruled out of order se decidió que la moción no procedía

Speaker Betty Boothroyd ruled personal criticism out of order Senator Patrick Moynihan of New York made a motion to adjourn until the 15th, but that motion was ruled out of order to rule [that] ... the judge ruled that the child should go to school the court ruled that laws passed by the assembly remained valid a woman who accused her male colleagues of sexism was being oversensitive, it was ruled yesterday the Supreme Court ruled that no state could limit the right of a woman to have an abortion during the first twelve weeks the track referee ruled that Williams had not been responsible for the crash

4 (draw) [+line] trazar; (draw lines on) [+paper] reglar

to rule a margin a ruled grid of horizontal and vertical lines

ruled

verb:intransitive

1 (govern) gobernar; [+monarch] reinar

few people think the government has ruled wisely he ruled for only eight months

to rule over sth/sbover gobernar algo/a algn

the king ruled over his subjects wisely el rey gobernaba a sus súbditos con sabiduría; the British ruled over a vast empire los británicos poseyeron un vasto imperio; the ancient dynasties that ruled over China las viejas dinastías que reinaban en China; one god who rules over all mankind un dios que tiene poder sobre toda la humanidad

the Ottomans, an Islamic empire of Turkish speaking people, ruled over the territories that became Iraq for 400 years the long line of feudal lords who had ruled over this land he ruled over a kingdom which included Norway, Iceland and most of France

rod

2 (prevail) reinar

chaos rules in this school obviously economic forces rule in the marketplace

United rules OK (in graffiti) ¡aúpa United!; ¡arriba United!

3 (decide) [+chairman, president] decidir; resolver; [+judge, jury] fallar

to rule [to] do sth Robson was ruled to have fouled Dent the court ruled to allow the government to dump nuclear waste at sea a federal judge in San Jose has recently ruled to remove Intel's trademark protection on the 386 name

to rule against sth/sbagainst fallar resolver en contra de algo/algn;or

to rule in favour of sth/sbin favour of fallar en a favor de algo/algn;or resolver en a favor de algo/algn;or

the chairman ruled against the proposal the judge ruled against the defense the home secretary ruled against her being allowed to stay in Britain Judge Haggarty denied the motion, ruling in favor of the plaintiffs

to rule on sthon fallar resolver decidir en algo;oror

the judge has not yet ruled on the case I was asked to rule on the case of a British seaman the prices ruling in Tokyo

modifier

rule book (n) reglamento; (m)

there was nothing in the rule book to stop it one of the most serious offences mentioned in the Party rule book he relied on his own initiative, instead of on the rule book the rule book said he should be provided with protective clothing decades of being mesmerized by a rule-book approach have had their effect

we'll do it by go by the rule bookor lo haremos de acuerdo con las normas

if you don't do it by the rule book, then you're for the sack we cannot always go by the rule book, can we? to play by the rule book he didn't get promotion because he didn't play by the rule book this was not the time to take risks; he knew he should play it by the rule book to throw the rule book at sb I had the rule book thrown at me for not reporting that incident he does tend to throw the rule book at you but as bosses go, he's not all bad

Rule Britannia es una canción patriótica que data de 1740. La letra, escrita por el poeta escocés James Thomson, celebra el control marítimo del que Gran Bretaña disfrutaba en aquella época. Aunque algunos critican el tono excesivamente chovinista de la canción, Rule Britannia aún se canta en algunas celebraciones de carácter patriótico, como la Last Night of the Proms. El estribillo reza así: Rule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves, Britons never never never shall be slaves.

Rule BritanniaRule BritanniaLast Night of the PromsRule Britannia, Britannia rule the waves, Britons never never never shall be slaves

note note See culture box in entry prom.

Verb Conjugation for "rule"

Imperative

rule
you rule
he/she rules
we rule
you rule
they rule

Preterite

I ruled
you ruled
he/she ruled
we ruled
you ruled
they ruled

Present Continuous

I am ruling
you are ruling
he/she is ruling
we are ruling
you are ruling
they are ruling

Present Perfect

I have ruled
you have ruled
he/she has ruled
we have ruled
you have ruled
they have ruled

Past Continuous

I was ruling
you were ruling
he/she was ruling
we were ruling
you were ruling
they were ruling

Past Perfect

I had ruled
you had ruled
he/she had ruled
we had ruled
you had ruled
they had ruled

Future

I will rule
you will rule
he/she will rule
we will rule
you will rule
they will rule

Future Perfect

I will have ruled
you will have ruled
he/she will have ruled
we will have ruled
you will have ruled
they will have ruled

Future Continuous

I will be ruling
you will be ruling
he/she will be ruling
we will be ruling
you will be ruling
they will be ruling

Present Perfect Continuous

I have been ruling
you have been ruling
he/she has been ruling
we have been ruling
you have been ruling
they have been ruling

Future Perfect Continuous

I will have been ruling
you will have been ruling
he/she will have been ruling
we will have been ruling
you will have been ruling
they will have been ruling

Past Perfect Continuous

I had been ruling
you had been ruling
he/she had been ruling
we had been ruling
you had been ruling
they had been ruling

rular

intransitive verb

1to go, to work (informal)

esta tele no rula -> this telly is bust

rular [roo-lar’]

verb neuter

1To roll. (Vulgarism) (n)

verb

2RODAR.

rular (muy_familiar)

verbo:transitivo

to pass round

Verb Conjugation for "rular"

	Presente	Pretérito	Imperfect	Futuro	Subjuntivo
Yo	rulo	rulé	rulaba	rularé	rule
Tú	rulas	rulaste	rulabas	rularás	rules
Ella/Él/Usted	rula	ruló	rulaba	rulará	rule
Nosotros	rulamos	rulamos	rulábamos	rularemos	rulemos
Vosotros	ruláis	rulasteis	rulabais	rularéis	ruléis
Ellos/Ustedes	rulan	rularon	rulaban	rularán	rulen

Gerund: rulando / Participle: rulado / Complete rular conjugation >

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