reguló

Reguló is the third-person singular preterite indicative form of the Spanish verb regular, meaning to regulate, standardize, or control by applying rules. It corresponds to “he regulated,” “she regulated,” or “you (formal) regulated” in contexts of past narration or reporting.

Origin and form: The verb regular comes from Latin regulāre; grammatically, reguló is a regular -ar verb in the preterite. The stem is regul-, and the ending is -ó, with an accent on the final syllable to mark the past tense.

Use: It is used in formal or bureaucratic contexts as well as everyday narration to describe actions that set standards, supervise markets, establish safety rules, or impose regulatory measures.

Example sentences: “La agencia reguló las tarifas.” “El gobierno reguló la publicidad de ciertos productos.”

Related forms: other tenses include regulaba (imperfect), regularé (future), regularía (conditional), regulando (gerund), regulado (past participle).