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regera

govern, rule/rɛˈjeːra/

Meaning

govern; rule

In Swedish: utöva politisk makt i ett land

Conjugation

Conjugation of regera (govern)
Infinitive	att regera	to govern
Present	regerar	jag regerar
Past	regerade	jag regerade
Supine	regerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har regerat	jag har regerat
Past perfect	hade regerat	jag hade regerat
Future	ska regera	or: kommer att regera
Conditional	skulle regera	jag skulle regera
Imperative	regera!	a command
Present participle	regerande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	regerad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of regera
Infinitive	regeras
Present	regeras
Past	regerades
Supine	regerats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use regerar. See the four verb groups explained.

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regera in a sentence

den regerande världsmästaren
the ruling world champion
de två partierna har för avsikt att regera tillsammans
the two parties intend to govern together

Questions

What does regera mean in English?

regera means “govern, rule”.

What is the past tense of regera?

The past tense of regera is regerade (“jag regerade”). The supine is regerat, used in “jag har regerat”.

What is the present tense of regera?

regerar, the same for every person: jag regerar, du regerar, vi regerar.

Similar words

styrabestämma

Origin

Borrowing from Latin rēgō (“to rule”).

Nearby common words

regera is number 4,677 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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4,675disk counter, washing-up
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4,679telegram telegram
4,680stryka rub, stroke
4,681kaskadspy to projectile vomit

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary