controlar

controlar

1. to control
2. to check

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

From French contrôler.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kon.tɾoˈla/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun.tɾuˈla/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon.tɾoˈlaɾ/

controlar (first-person singular present controlo, past participle controlat)

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

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

   Synonyms: conter, segurar

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

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

   Synonyms: comandar, dirigir, governar

4. (transitive, often takes a reflexive pronoun) to contain (to limit through restraint)

   Controla sua raiva. ― Contain your anger.

   Synonyms: conter, reter

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

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

   Synonyms: conter, limitar, segurar

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014