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Catalan
Verb
controlo
- first-person singular present indicative of controlar
Interlingua
Noun
controlo (plural controlos)
- control, check (verification, means or act of verifying)
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“register to verify accounts”). Doublet of control.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -olu
- Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo
Noun
controlo m (plural controlos)
- control (influence or authority over something)
- Antonym: descontrolo
- Tenho controlo sobre os meus filhos. ― I have control over my children.
- monitoring; inspection; regulation
- Controlo de tráfego; controlo de qualidade. ― Traffic control; quality control.
- the act of preventing something from spreading or increasing
- Controlo de natalidade; controlo de pragas. ― Birth control; pest control.
- anything which controls something else
- O cérebro é o controlo do corpo. ― The brain is the body’s control.
- (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.
- self-control; composure
- Antonym: descontrolo
- Perdi o controlo durante a aula e surtei. ― I lost control during class and flipped out.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔlu
- Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo
Verb
controlo
- first-person singular present indicative of controlar
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtɾolo/
- Rhymes: -olo
- Syllabification: con‧tro‧lo
Verb
controlo
- first-person singular present indicative of controlar