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disciplinare

regulate

verb dee-shee-plee-NAH-reh Less Common

Origin: from Latin 'disciplina', instruction

Also means

discipline

Usage Note

Disciplinare in everyday and legal Italian usually means to regulate or govern by rules, e.g. una legge che disciplina il settore. The narrower English sense of punishing someone is less common; the same word also exists as an adjective ('disciplinary').

Examples

"La norma disciplina i contratti."

Natural Translation

The rule regulates contracts.

Literal Translation

The rule regulates the contracts.

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