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

• controle (chiefly Brazil)
• contrôlo (obsolete)

• 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/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾo.lo]
• Rhymes: -olo
• Syllabification: con‧tro‧lo

controlo

1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar