Kontrollida

Kontrollida is a Finnish verb meaning to control, to check, to inspect, or to regulate. It denotes performing an act that ensures proper functioning, compliance with standards, or verification of information. It is used in everyday language as well as in technical and institutional contexts.

Common contexts include quality control in manufacturing, monitoring of systems in information technology, and compliance checks in regulatory settings. The verb can be combined with different objects, for example kontrollida tuotannon laatua (to control the quality of production) or kontrollida tietoja (to verify data). In IT, it may describe checking software behavior or validating input.

The noun forms associated with kontrollida include kontrolli (control, inspection) and kontrollointi (the act of checking or monitoring). Synonyms and related concepts vary by nuance, with tarkistaa (to check), valvoa (to supervise/monitor), and säätellä (to regulate).

Kontrollida is a loanword from Swedish kontrollera or German Kontrolle, integrated into Finnish with standard inflection and usage patterns. It is widely used in technical manuals, business language, and administrative discourse.

Examples:

Finnish: Järjestelmä kontrolloi syötteet. Translation: The system checks the inputs.

Finnish: Yritys kontrolloi tuotannon laatua. Translation: The company controls production quality.

See also: kontrolli, kontrollointi, valvonta, tarkastus, laadunvarmistus.