controlo – Portuguese noun declension

Portuguese noun forms of controlo

Noun: controlo
Gender: m Hyphenation:
Singular mcontrolo
Plural mcontrolos

Sample Sentences

  • Tenho controlo sobre os meus filhos. (I have control over my children.)
  • Controlo de tráfego; controlo de qualidade. (Traffic control; quality control.)
  • Controlo de natalidade; controlo de pragas. (Birth control; pest control.)
  • O cérebro é o controlo do corpo. (The brain is the body’s control.)
  • Me dê o controlo da televisão. (Give me the television’s remote.)
  • Perdi o controlo durante a aula e surtei. (I lost control during class and flipped out.)

Etymology

Borrowed from French contrôle, from Old French contrerole, from Medieval Latin contrarotulum (“register to verify accounts”). Doublet of control. See: French Nouns 'contrôle'.

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