controlar

§Catalan

§Etymology

From French contrôler.

§Verb

controlar (first-person singular present controlo, past participle controlat)

1. to control

§Conjugation

Conjugation of controlar (first conjugation)

infinitive			controlar
present participle			controlant
past participle			controlat
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
Indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	controlo	controles	controla	controlem	controleu	controlen
	imperfect	controlava	controlaves	controlava	controlàvem	controlàveu	controlaven
	future	controlaré	controlaràs	controlarà	controlarem	controlareu	controlaran
	preterite	controlí	controlares	controlà	controlàrem	controlàreu	controlaren
	conditional	controlaria	controlaries	controlaria	controlaríem	controlaríeu	controlarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	controli	controlis	controli	controlem	controleu	controlin
	imperfect	controlés	controlessis	controlés	controléssim	controléssiu	controlessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	controla	controli	controlem	controleu	controlin

§Derived terms

• controlador

§Related terms

• control

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§Portuguese

§Etymology

From French contrôler.

§Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾo.ˈla(ɾ)/, /kõ.tɾo.ˈla(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾo.ˈla(ɾ)/, /kõ.tɾo.ˈla(ɻ)/

§Verb

controlar (first-person singular present indicative controlo, past participle controlado)

1. to control (to determine the behaviour of)

   Este dispositivo controla o motor.

   This device controls the motor.

   Ele controla seus adversários.

   He controls his adversaries.

2. to keep under control

   A polícia conseguiu controlar os hooligans.

   The police kept the hooligans under control.

3. to govern (to exercise sovereign authority)

   O partido nazista controlou a Alemanha por uma década.

   The Nazi party governed Germany for a decade.

4. to contain (to limit through restraint)

   Controla sua raiva.

   Contain your anger.

5. to limit (not to allow to go beyond a certain bound)

   Conseguimos controlar a inflação.

   We managed to limit inflation.

§Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb controlar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	controlar
Personal	controlar	controlares	controlar	controlarmos	controlardes	controlarem
Gerund
	controlando
Past participle
Masculine	controlado			controlados
Feminine	controlada			controladas
Indicative
Present	controlo	controlas	controla	controlamos	controlais	controlam
Imperfect	controlava	controlavas	controlava	controlávamos	controláveis	controlavam
Preterite	controlei	controlaste	controlou	controlamos controlámos	controlastes	controlaram
Pluperfect	controlara	controlaras	controlara	controláramos	controláreis	controlaram
Future	controlarei	controlarás	controlará	controlaremos	controlareis	controlarão
Conditional
	controlaria	controlarias	controlaria	controlaríamos	controlaríeis	controlariam
Subjunctive
Present	controle	controles	controle	controlemos	controleis	controlem
Imperfect	controlasse	controlasses	controlasse	controlássemos	controlásseis	controlassem
Future	controlar	controlares	controlar	controlarmos	controlardes	controlarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	controla	controle	controlemos	controlai	controlem
Negative (não)	-	controles	controle	controlemos	controleis	controlem

§Synonyms

• (to keep under control): conter, segurar
• (to govern): comandar, dirigir, governar
• (to contain): conter, reter
• (to limit): conter, limitar, segurar

§Related terms

• controlacionista
• controlado
• controlador
• controladoria
• controlável

• controle
• controlismo
• controlo
• descontrole

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§Spanish

§Verb

controlar (first-person singular present controlo, first-person singular preterite controlé, past participle controlado)

1. to control

§Conjugation

    Conjugation of controlar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			controlar
gerund			controlando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		controlado		controlada
		plural		controlados		controladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	controlo	controlastú controlásvos	controla	controlamos	controláis	controlan
	imperfect	controlaba	controlabas	controlaba	controlábamos	controlabais	controlaban
	preterite	controlé	controlaste	controló	controlamos	controlasteis	controlaron
	future	controlaré	controlarás	controlará	controlaremos	controlaréis	controlarán
	conditional	controlaría	controlarías	controlaría	controlaríamos	controlaríais	controlarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	controle	controlestú controlésvos1	controle	controlemos	controléis	controlen
	imperfect (ra)	controlara	controlaras	controlara	controláramos	controlarais	controlaran
	imperfect (se)	controlase	controlases	controlase	controlásemos	controlaseis	controlasen
	future	controlare	controlares	controlare	controláremos	controlareis	controlaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		controlatú controlávos	controle	controlemos	controlad	controlen
	negative		no controles	no controle	no controlemos	no controléis	no controlen

¹ Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.