Meaning
to reign
In a sentence
In quella casa regna sempre un gran silenzio.
A great silence always reigns in that house.
Chi ha regnato prima di questa regina?
Who reigned before this queen?
Qui non regna il caos, stai tranquillo.
Chaos doesn’t reign here, don’t worry.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| regnare | infinitive |
| regniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| regno | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| regnate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| regni | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| regnano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| regna | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| regnavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| regnavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| regnavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| regnavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| regnavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| regnava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| regnammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| regnai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| regnaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| regnasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| regnarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| regnò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| regneremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| regnerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| regnerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| regnerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| regneranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| regnerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| regniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| regni | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| regniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| regni | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| regnino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| regni | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| regnassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| regnassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| regnaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| regnassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| regnassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| regnasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| regneremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| regnerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| regnereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| regneresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| regnerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| regnerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| regniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| regnate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| regna | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| regnando | gerund |
| regnato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Used mainly for monarchs or figuratively in elevated style. For ruling/governing a country in general, governare is more common.
- In figurative use, it often means 'to dominate' a place or situation: Regna il silenzio, Regnava il caos.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ha regnato per vent'anni.