controlo

== Catalan == === Verb === controlo first-person singular present indicative of controlar == Interlingua == === Noun === controlo (plural controlos) control, check (verification, means or act of verifying) == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“register to verify accounts”). Doublet of control. ==== Alternative forms ==== controle (chiefly Brazil) contrôlo (pre-reform spelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -olu Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo ==== Noun ==== controlo m (plural controlos) (European Portuguese spelling) 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. ellipsis of controlo remoto (“remote control”) Synonym: controlo remoto Me dê o controlo da televisão. ― Give me the television’s remote. self-control; composure Synonyms: see Thesaurus:compostura Antonym: descontrolo Perdi o controlo durante a aula e surtei. ― I lost control during class and flipped out. ===== Derived terms ===== controlo remoto ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ɔlu Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lo ==== Verb ==== controlo first-person singular present indicative of controlar === References === == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /konˈtɾolo/ [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾo.lo] Rhymes: -olo Syllabification: con‧tro‧lo === Verb === controlo first-person singular present indicative of controlar