controlo
See also: controló and contrôlo
Catalan
Verb
controlo
- first-person singular present indicative form of controlar
Interlingua
Noun
controlo (plural controlos)
- 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
- controle (chiefly Brazil)
- contrôlo (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kõˈtɾo.lu/
- Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo
Noun
controlo m (plural controlos)
- control (influence or authority over something)
- Antonym: descontrole
- 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: descontrole
- Perdi o controlo durante a aula e surtei. ― I lost control during class and flipped out.
Synonyms
- (self-control): Thesaurus:compostura
Derived terms
- controlo remoto
Related terms
- controlacionista
- controlado
- controlador
- controladoria
- controlar
- controlável
- controlismo
- descontrole
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kõˈtɾɔ.lu/
- Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo
Verb
controlo
- first-person singular present indicative of controlar
References
- “controlo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “controlo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtɾolo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾo.lo]
- Rhymes: -olo
- Syllabification: con‧tro‧lo
Verb
controlo
- first-person singular present indicative of controlar