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controlo

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See also: controló and contrôlo

Catalan

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Verb

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controlo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar

Interlingua

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Noun

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controlo (plural controlos)

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

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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

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    Pronunciation

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

    Noun

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    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.
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

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

    Verb

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    controlo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar

    References

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    1. ^ “controlo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
    2. ^ “controlo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

    Spanish

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    Pronunciation

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

    Verb

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    controlo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of controlar
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