controlar
- tocontrol
- tocheck
Conjugation ofcontrolar
| infinitive | controlar |
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| gerund | controlando |
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| past participle | mcontroláu,fcontrolada,ncontrolao,m plcontrolaos,f plcontrolaes |
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| person | first singular
yo | second singular
tu | third singular
él/elli | first plural
nosotros/nós | second plural
vosotros/vós | third plural
ellos |
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| indicative | present | controlo | controles | controla | controlamos | controláis | controlen |
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| imperfect | controlaba | controlabes | controlaba | controlábemos,controlábamos | controlabeis,controlabais | controlaben |
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| preterite | controlé | controlasti,controlesti | controló | controlemos | controlastis,controlestis | controlaron |
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| pluperfect | controlare,controlara | controlares,controlaras | controlare,controlara | controláremos,controláramos | controlareis,controlarais | controlaren,controlaran |
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| future | controlaré | controlarás | controlará | controlaremos | controlaréis | controlarán |
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| conditional | controlaría | controlaríes | controlaría | controlaríemos,controlaríamos | controlaríeis,controlaríais | controlaríen |
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| subjunctive | present | controle | controles,controlas | controle | controlemos | controléis | controlen,controlan |
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| imperfect | controlare,controlara | controlares,controlaras | controlare,controlara | controláremos,controláramos | controlareis,controlarais | controlaren,controlaran |
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| imperative | — | controla | — | — | controlái | — |
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Borrowed fromFrenchcontrôler.
controlar (first-person singular presentcontrolo,first-person singular preteritecontrolí,past participlecontrolat);root stress:(Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- (transitive) tocontrol
- (transitive) tomonitor
- Synonym:vigilar
- (transitive) toinspect, toaudit
- Synonyms:examinar,verificar
- (reflexive)control oneself
FromFrenchcontrôler.
controlar (first-person singular presentcontrolo,first-person singular preteritecontrolei,past participlecontrolado)
- (transitive) tocontrol(to determine the behavior of)
- Este dispositivocontrola o motor. ―This devicecontrols the motor.
- Elecontrola seus adversários. ―Hecontrols his adversaries.
- (transitive) tokeep undercontrol
- Synonyms:conter,segurar
- A polícia conseguiucontrolar os hooligans. ―The policekept the hooligansunder control.
- (transitive) togovern(to exercise sovereign authority)
- Synonyms:comandar,dirigir,governar
- O partido nazistacontrolou a Alemanha por uma década. ―The Nazi partygoverned Germany for a decade.
- (transitive, often pronominal) tocontain(to limit through restraint)
- Synonyms:conter,reter
- Controla sua raiva. ―Contain your anger.
- (transitive) tolimit(not to allow to go beyond a certain bound)
- Synonyms:conter,limitar,segurar
- Conseguimoscontrolar a inflação. ―We managed tolimit inflation.
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Borrowed fromFrenchcontrôler.
- IPA(key): /kontɾoˈlaɾ/[kõn̪.t̪ɾoˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes:-aɾ
- Syllabification:con‧tro‧lar
controlar (first-person singular presentcontrolo,first-person singular preteritecontrolé,past participlecontrolado)
- tocontrol, torein in
- tomanage, tohandle(e.g. managing symptoms, pain, stress or emotions)
- tomonitor, tocheck, tosupervise, tooversee, toverify, toregulate, tocheck on
- (reflexive) to becontrolled, to bemanaged
- (reflexive) to bemonitored, to bechecked
- (reflexive) toget a grip(i.e. to control oneself)
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayanvoseo prefers thetú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms ofcontrolar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural |
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| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
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| with infinitivecontrolar | dative | controlarme | controlarte | controlarle,controlarse | controlarnos | controlaros | controlarles,controlarse |
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| accusative | controlarme | controlarte | controlarlo,controlarla,controlarse | controlarnos | controlaros | controlarlos,controlarlas,controlarse |
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| with gerundcontrolando | dative | controlándome | controlándote | controlándole,controlándose | controlándonos | controlándoos | controlándoles,controlándose |
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| accusative | controlándome | controlándote | controlándolo,controlándola,controlándose | controlándonos | controlándoos | controlándolos,controlándolas,controlándose |
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| with informal second-person singulartú imperativecontrola | dative | contrólame | contrólate | contrólale | contrólanos | not used | contrólales |
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| accusative | contrólame | contrólate | contrólalo,contrólala | contrólanos | not used | contrólalos,contrólalas |
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| with informal second-person singularvos imperativecontrolá | dative | controlame | controlate | controlale | controlanos | not used | controlales |
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| accusative | controlame | controlate | controlalo,controlala | controlanos | not used | controlalos,controlalas |
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| with formal second-person singular imperativecontrole | dative | contróleme | not used | contrólele,contrólese | contrólenos | not used | contróleles |
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| accusative | contróleme | not used | contrólelo,contrólela,contrólese | contrólenos | not used | contrólelos,contrólelas |
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| with first-person plural imperativecontrolemos | dative | not used | controlémoste | controlémosle | controlémonos | controlémoos | controlémosles |
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| accusative | not used | controlémoste | controlémoslo,controlémosla | controlémonos | controlémoos | controlémoslos,controlémoslas |
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| with informal second-person plural imperativecontrolad | dative | controladme | not used | controladle | controladnos | controlaos | controladles |
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| accusative | controladme | not used | controladlo,controladla | controladnos | controlaos | controladlos,controladlas |
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| with formal second-person plural imperativecontrolen | dative | contrólenme | not used | contrólenle | contrólennos | not used | contrólenles,contrólense |
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| accusative | contrólenme | not used | contrólenlo,contrólenla | contrólennos | not used | contrólenlos,contrólenlas,contrólense |
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