controlo

See also: controló and contrôlo

Catalan

Verb

controlo

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Interlingua

Noun

controlo (plural controlos)

1. control, check (verification, means or act of verifying)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• controle (chiefly Brazil)
• contrôlo (obsolete)

Etymology

From French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“register to verify accounts”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõ.ˈtɾo.lu/

Noun

controlo m (plural s) (chiefly Portugal)

1. control (influence or authority over something)

   Tenho controlo sobre meus filhos. ― I have control over my children.

2. monitoring; inspection; regulation

   Controlo de tráfego; controlo de qualidade. ― Traffic control; quality control.

3. the act of preventing something from spreading or increasing

   Controlo de natalidade; controlo de pragas. ― Birth control; pest control.

4. anything which controls something else

   O cérebro é o controlo do corpo. ― The brain is the body’s control.

5. (specifically) remote control (device used to operate a device from a short distance)

   Me dê o controlo da televisão. ― Give me the television’s remote.

6. self-control; composure

   Perdi o controlo durante a aula e surtei. ― I lost control during class and flipped out.

Synonyms

• (remote control): controlo remoto
• (self-control): Thesaurus:compostura

Antonyms

• (influence or authority over something): descontrole
• (self-control): descontrole

Derived terms

• controlo remoto

Related terms

• controlacionista
• controlado
• controlador
• controladoria
• controlar
• controlável
• controlismo
• descontrole

 

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõ.ˈtɾɔ.lu/

Verb

controlo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɾolo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾo.lo]

Verb

controlo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of controlar.