controlar
Portuguese, verb/kõ.tɾoˈla(ʁ)/
controlar is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears 43 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,182nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Controlar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to control (to determine the behavior of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “guiar, conduzir”.
What does controlar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to control (to determine the behavior of)
Este dispositivo controla o motor.
- 2
to keep under control
A polícia conseguiu controlar os hooligans.
- 3
to govern (to exercise sovereign authority)
O partido nazista controlou a Alemanha por uma década.
- 4
to contain (to limit through restraint)
Controla sua raiva.
- 5
to limit (not to allow to go beyond a certain bound)
Conseguimos controlar a inflação.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. guiar, conduzir 2. dominar 3. ter poder de bloquear e desbloquear 4. fiscalizar, verificar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of controlar
- controlo first-person present singular
- controlei first-person preterite singular
- controlado participle past
- controlares infinitive second-person singular
- controlarmos first-person infinitive plural
- controlardes infinitive plural second-person
- controlarem infinitive plural third-person
- controlando gerund
- controlados masculine participle past
- controlada feminine participle past
- controladas feminine participle past
- controlas indicative present second-person
- controla indicative present singular
- controlamos first-person indicative plural
- controlais indicative plural present
- controlam indicative plural present
- controlava first-person imperfect indicative
- controlavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce controlar?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾoˈla(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.tɾoˈla(h)]
- /kõ.tɾoˈla(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to controlar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is controlar in Portuguese?
controlar appears 43 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).