controlar

controlar

1. to control
2. to check

Borrowed from French contrôler.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.tɾuˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.tɾoˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.tɾoˈlaɾ]

controlar (first-person singular present controlo, first-person singular preterite controlí, past participle controlat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to control

• controlador

• control

From French contrôler.

• Hyphenation: con‧tro‧lar

controlar (first-person singular present controlo, first-person singular preterite controlei, past participle controlado)

1. (transitive) to control (to determine the behavior of)

   Este dispositivo controla o motor. ― This device controls the motor.

   Ele controla seus adversários. ― He controls his adversaries.

2. (transitive) to keep under control

   Synonyms: conter, segurar

   A polícia conseguiu controlar os hooligans. ― The police kept the hooligans under control.

3. (transitive) to govern (to exercise sovereign authority)

   Synonyms: comandar, dirigir, governar

   O partido nazista controlou a Alemanha por uma década. ― The Nazi party governed Germany for a decade.

4. (transitive, often pronominal) to contain (to limit through restraint)

   Synonyms: conter, reter

   Controla sua raiva. ― Contain your anger.

5. (transitive) to limit (not to allow to go beyond a certain bound)

   Synonyms: conter, limitar, segurar

   Conseguimos controlar a inflação. ― We managed to limit inflation.

Borrowed from French contrôler.

• IPA^(key): /kontɾoˈlaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾoˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tro‧lar

controlar (first-person singular present controlo, first-person singular preterite controlé, past participle controlado)

1. to control, to rein in
2. to manage, to handle (e.g. managing symptoms, pain, stress or emotions)
3. to monitor, to check, to supervise, to oversee, to verify, to regulate, to check on
4. (reflexive) to be controlled, to be managed
5. (reflexive) to be monitored, to be checked
6. (reflexive) to get a grip (i.e. to control oneself)

• “controlar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28