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instituir

to institute

verb een-stee-too-EER Rare
People & Society Government

Also means

to establish

Usage Note

Instituir is an irregular verb following the -uir pattern (like construir or destruir): a y is inserted before endings that do not begin with i — e.g. instituye, instituyó. It is used in formal contexts to mean founding an organization, law, or tradition; the noun institución derives from the same root.

Examples

"El gobierno instituyó nuevas normas de seguridad."

Natural Translation

The government instituted new safety regulations.

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