Tuesday, December 31, 2013

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Tuesday, December 31, 2013

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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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