controlo

See also: controló and contrôlo

Catalan

Verb

controlo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar

Interlingua

Noun

controlo (plural controlos)

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from French contrôle,[1][2] from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“register to verify accounts”). Doublet of control.

    Alternative forms

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtɾo.lu/

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

    Noun

    controlo m (plural controlos) (European Portuguese spelling)

    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. ellipsis of controlo remoto (“remote control”)
      Synonym: controlo remoto
      Me dê o controlo da televisão. ― Give me the television’s remote.
    6. self-control; composure
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:compostura
      Antonym: descontrolo
      Perdi o controlo durante a aula e surtei. ― I lost control during class and flipped out.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      Pronunciation

      • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈtɾɔ.lu/

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

      Verb

      controlo

      1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar

      References

      1. ^ “controlo”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
      2. ^ “controlo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /konˈtɾolo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾo.lo]
      • Rhymes: -olo
      • Syllabification: con‧tro‧lo

      Verb

      controlo

      1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar
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