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controla
to control, check, or inspect /kon.troˈla/
verb#1167 most common
Also: to monitor, to examine (medically), to audit
Example sentences
Eu controlez biletele la intrare.
I check the tickets at the entrance.
Doctorul mă controlează în fiecare lună.
The doctor examines me every month.
Poliția a controlat toate mașinile de pe autostradă.
The police checked all the cars on the highway.
Trebuie să ne controlăm cheltuielile în fiecare lună.
We need to keep our monthly expenses under control.
Guvernul încearcă să controleze inflația printr-o politică monetară strictă.
The government is trying to control inflation through a strict monetary policy.
Deși părea calm, abia își controla furia care clocotea în el.
Although he seemed calm, he could barely control the anger boiling inside him.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | controlez | controlai | voi controla |
| 2sg | controlezi | controlași | vei controla |
| 3sg | controlează | controlă | va controla |
| 1pl | controlăm | controlarăm | vom controla |
| 2pl | controlați | controlarăți | veți controla |
| 3pl | controlează | controlară | vor controla |
Word family
controlcontrol, inspection, checkup
controlorinspector, ticket conductor
controlabilcontrollable
necontrolatuncontrolled
autocontrolself-control
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "controla" from French "contrôler" during the wave of 19th-century modernization that reshaped much of the language's vocabulary. The French verb goes back to "contre-rôle," a duplicate register kept to verify an original one, from Latin "contra" (against) and "rotulus" (a small roll or scroll). The underlying idea is checking one record against another.
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