Meaning
to be in force
- to be in force, to apply, or to be valid (of laws, rules, customs, or conditions)
In a sentence
In questa struttura vige il divieto assoluto di fumare.
In this facility an absolute ban on smoking is in force.
Durante lo stato di emergenza vigevano regole molto severe.
During the state of emergency very strict rules were in force.
In quel paese vige ancora una legge promulgata decenni fa.
In that country a law enacted decades ago is still in force.
Word forms (14)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| vigere | infinitive |
| vige | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vigono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vigeva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| vigevano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| vigerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| vigeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| viga | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vigano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vigesse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| vigessero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| vigerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| vigerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| vigendo | gerund |
Usage notes
- Formal: used in legal, bureaucratic, or formal contexts.
- Defective verb: lacks compound tenses and past participle; used almost exclusively in the third person.
- present: vige, vigono