rule Significado & definición

Significado de rule en español

• 0 an official statement about what you must or must not do -- regla, norma

  • You can’t smoke at work. It’s against the rules (= not allowed).

• 1 a basic idea that explains how a system, such as a language or science, works -- regla

  • the rules of grammar

• 2 the usual way something is -- norma

  • I visit my parents once a week as a rule.

• 3 to be in control of somewhere, usually a country -- gobernar (en), reinar (en)

  • They were ruled for many years by a dictator.

• 4 a statement that tells people what they are allowed or not allowed to do -- regla [ feminine, singular ]

  • the rules of the game las normas del juego

  • You’ll be punished if you break the rules. Serás castigado si rompes las reglas.

  • It’s against the rules to run by the pool. Está contra las reglas correr por la piscina.

  • to follow/obey the rules seguir/obedecer las normas

  • We don’t usually take kids under 16, but we bent the rules a little for you. No solemos llevar a los niños menores de 16 años, pero rompimos un poco las reglas por usted.

• 5 the system used to govern a country -- actuación [ feminine, singular ]

  • military/democratic rule actuación militar/democrática

• 6 usually, in general -- como norma

  • We don’t go out on Sunday evenings as a rule. Generalmente no salimos los domingos por la noche.

• 7 a general guide -- por norma general

  • As a rule of thumb, you should save around 10% of your income. Por norma general, debe ahorrar alrededor del 10% de sus ingresos.

• 8 to be in control of a country -- reinar

  • to rule a nation gobernar una nación

• 9 to officially decide sth, especially a legal matter -- decretar

  • The building was ruled unsafe. El edificio fue decretado inseguro.