control
Portuguese, noun/ˈkõ.tɾow/
control is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L (7 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,812th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Control is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “control key” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does control mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontrol key
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of control
- controls plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce control?
- Brazil /ˈkõ.tɾow/
- Brazil [ˈkõ.tɾoʊ̯]
- Portugal /kõˈtɾɔl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is control in Portuguese?
control appears 6.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).