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rule (EN)
sustantivo, verbo

sustantivo “rule”

sing. rule, pl. rules o no contable
  1. regla
    The school's rules prohibit running in the hallways.
  2. gobierno
    Under her rule, the city flourished and crime rates dropped significantly.
  3. norma
    In our house, the rule is to have dinner together every night.
  4. regla (para resolver un problema matemático)
    In math class, we learned a simple rule for finding the area of a rectangle by multiplying its length by its width.
  5. regla (instrumento)
    She carefully used the rule to draw a straight line across her drawing paper.
  6. línea guía
    Before writing, she drew a rule across the page to keep her sentences straight.

verbo “rule”

infinitivo rule; él rules; pret. ruled; part. ruled; ger. ruling
  1. gobernar
    The queen ruled the kingdom with wisdom and strength for over fifty years.
  2. ser genial (en el contexto de ser excelente o sobresaliente)
    Your new skateboard totally rules!
  3. dictaminar
    The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible in court.
  4. trazar líneas rectas
    Before starting her math homework, Sarah ruled her blank paper with horizontal lines to keep her calculations neat.