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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Friday October 12, 2007
régimen, noun:
diet; régime
“You are what you eat”, as the phrase has it. Lots of us are careful about what we eat, and go on diets. Régimen is a very common Spanish word for a diet:
Han decidido comenzar un régimen estricto.
They’ve decided to start a strict diet.
Notice how in English we say on a diet, but in Spanish we say a régimen:
Estoy a régimen desde la semana pasada.
I’ve been on a diet since last week.
Voy a ponerme a régimen.
I’m going to go on a diet.
In its other main meaning, régimen refers to the style of government of a country:
durante el régimen militar
under the military régime
Deseamos un régimen democrático para Cuba.
We want a democratic régime in Cuba.
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