controlo

controlo

1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar

controlo (plural controlos)

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

Borrowed from French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“register to verify accounts”). Doublet of control.

• controle (chiefly Brazil)
• contrôlo (pre-reform spelling)

• Rhymes: -olu
• Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo

controlo m (plural controlos)

1. control (influence or authority over something)

   Antonym: descontrolo

   Tenho controlo sobre os 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)

   Synonym: controlo remoto

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

6. self-control; composure

   Antonym: descontrolo

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

• (self-control): Thesaurus:compostura

• controlo remoto

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɔlu
• Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo

controlo

1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar

• IPA^(key): /konˈtɾolo/
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: con‧tro‧lo

controlo

1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar