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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