regulats

In a sentence

• Els horaris dels comerços estan regulats per les autoritats locals.

  The schedules of businesses are regulated by local authorities.

  In this sentence, 'regulats' is the past participle form of the verb 'regular', meaning to regulate, and it agrees in gender and number with the subject, 'els horaris'.

• Els processos industrials són regulats per lleis estrictes.

  Industrial processes are regulated by strict laws.

  Here, 'regulats' again functions as the past participle of 'regular', used in the passive voice to describe that the actions are performed by another agent described in the sentence.

• Aquests dispositius vénen ja regulats de fàbrica.

  These devices come already regulated from the factory.

  In this context, 'regulats' describes the state or condition in which the devices are provided, indicating past action that influences the present state.