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reglamentario

regulatory

adjective rreh-glah-men-TAH-ryoh Rare

Also means

statutory

Usage Note

Reglamentario means 'prescribed by regulation or rules'; in sport, el tiempo reglamentario is regulation time (the 90 minutes before extra time). In legal and administrative writing it contrasts with voluntario (voluntary) or discrecional (discretionary). The feminine form is reglamentaria, plural reglamentarios/as.

Examples

"El partido terminó en el tiempo reglamentario."

Natural Translation

The match ended in regulation time.

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