control
Spanish, noun/konˈtɾol/
control is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L (7 letters) and appears 166 times per million words in written Spanish, the 511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Control is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “control, or running of a business” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “El acto o el poder de dominar, dirigir, regular, comandar, controlar”.
What does control mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontrol, or running of a business
- 2
masculinecontrol of a machine
- 3
masculinecontrol or emotional restraint, self-control
- 4
Latin-Americamasculineremote control
- 5
Latin-Americamasculinecontroller, gamepad, joypad
- 6
masculinecheckup
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. El acto o el poder de dominar, dirigir, regular, comandar, controlar. 2. La situación de estar bajo el dominio, dirección, regulación o comando, de algo o de alguien. 3. Mecanismo legal o institucional de regulación o restricción. 4. Estandar de comparación en la experimentación científico.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of control
- controles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce control?
- /konˈtɾol/
- [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾol]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to control
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is control in Spanish?
control appears 166 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).