controlo
Catalan
editVerb
editcontrolo
Interlingua
editNoun
editcontrolo (plural controlos)
Portuguese
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from French contrôle,[1][2] from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“register to verify accounts”). Doublet of control.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
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- Rhymes: -olu
- Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo
Noun
editcontrolo 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
edit- (self-control): Thesaurus:compostura
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ɔlu
- Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo
Verb
editcontrolo
References
edit- ^ “controlo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “controlo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editcontrolo
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- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan verb forms
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- Interlingua nouns
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- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese terms derived from Old French
- Portuguese terms derived from Medieval Latin
- Portuguese doublets
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/olu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/olu/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese terms with usage examples
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔlu
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔlu/3 syllables
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/olo
- Rhymes:Spanish/olo/3 syllables
- Spanish non-lemma forms
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