reinar

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reinar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin rēgnāre. Compare Portuguese reinar.

• IPA^(key): /rejˈnaɾ/

reinar (first-person singular present reino, first-person singular preterite reinei, past participle reinado)

1. to reign
   • 1357, M. Romaní Martínez, editor, La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira, Santiago: Tórculo Edicións, page 270:

     Andreu Sanches de Gres endeantado mayor en Galisa por nosso sennor el rey don Pedro que Deus leyxe reynar por moytos annos e boos

     Andreu Sánchez de Gres, governor of Galicia in behalf of our lord the king Don Pedro, God let him reign for many good years

2. to like, enjoy; to be good for

• raíña
• rei
• reino

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “reinar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “reynar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “reinar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “reinar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “reinar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “reinar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “reinar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

reinar m

1. indefinite plural of rein

Inherited from Latin rēgnāre.

reinar

1. to reign

• Galician: reinar
• Portuguese: reinar

• Universo Cantigas - "reinar"

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese reinar, from Latin rēgnāre. Compare Galician reinar.

• Hyphenation: rei‧nar

reinar (first-person singular present reino, first-person singular preterite reinei, past participle reinado)

1. to reign
2. (figurative) to be influential or predominant
3. (Rio Grande do Sul) to be in heat (condition where a mammal is aroused sexually or where it is especially fertile)
4. (Madeira, Rio Grande do Sul) to be angry or easily irritated
5. (Portugal, colloquial) to jest

• reino
• rei
• reger

reinar m (plural reinares)

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) reign, sovereignty

   Synonym: reinado

   • Arras por Foro de Espanha/I [1841], Alexandre Herculano, Lendas e Narrativas, Lisboa: Livraria Bertrand, published 1858:

     […] e augmentando-lhe o nominal, segundo o costume de todos os reis no começo de seu reinar.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1929 February 2, Escragnolle Dória, “Seguem-se os Dias”, in Revista da Semana‎^[1], volume 30, number 7, page 20:

     No subir do recitar a voz do estudante ia se avolumando: parecendo até adivinhar o apostolado de caridade do imperador no seu longo reinar, prophetisava:

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2008 October 31, antonio paiva, “há um reinar de antolhos”, in EscritArtes‎^[2]:

     há um reinar de antolhos a impedir horizontes maiores […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2023 November 13, Henrique Cunha, “Padre Lino Maia: "O povo tem sempre razão"”, in Renascença‎^[3]:

     “Nós precisamos de apostar na politica como um serviço à comunidade e não como um reinar ou um aproveitamento”, adverte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2023 December 23, “Por que algumas passagens do Evangelho se repetem?”, in Aleteia‎^[4]:

     Enquanto os milagres mostravam o reinar de Deus, os sinais em João revelam a glória de Deus.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Borrowed from Latin rēgnāre.

• IPA^(key): /reiˈnaɾ/ [rei̯ˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: rei‧nar

reinar (first-person singular present reino, first-person singular preterite reiné, past participle reinado)

1. to reign; to rule over
   • 1909, Casiodoro de Reina, Biblia Reina-Valera, Revisión 1909, Libro II de las Crónicas 26:3

     De diez y seis años era Uzzías cuando comenzó á reinar, y cincuenta y dos años reinó en Jerusalem.

     "Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem."

• “reinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024