controlo
Catalan
Interlingua
Portuguese
Etymology
From French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“register to verify accounts”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kõ.ˈtɾo.lu/
Noun
controlo m (plural controlos) (chiefly Portugal)
- control (influence or authority over something)
- Tenho controlo sobre 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)
- Me dê o controlo da televisão. ― Give me the television’s remote.
- self-control; composure
- Perdi o controlo durante a aula e surtei. ― I lost control during class and flipped out.
Synonyms
- (remote control): controlo remoto
- (self-control): Thesaurus:compostura
Antonyms
- (influence or authority over something): descontrole
- (self-control): descontrole
Derived terms
Related terms
- controlacionista
- controlado
- controlador
- controladoria
- controlar
- controlável
- controlismo
- descontrole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kõ.ˈtɾɔ.lu/
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konˈtɾolo/, [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾolo]
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