controle

Controle is a term used in Portuguese and other Romance languages to denote the act of directing, regulating, or verifying a process or outcome. In English, the closest cognate is control. The word is borrowed from French contrôle, itself derived from Latin roots related to checking or auditing, and has entered many fields as a general concept of governance and regulation.

In engineering and science, control refers to control systems and control theory, where feedback loops, sensors, and actuators regulate variables such as temperature, speed, or position. A distinction is made between open-loop and closed-loop control, with the latter using feedback to improve accuracy.

In management, law, and accounting, the term appears as internal controls, risk controls, and regulatory controls—mechanisms that ensure compliance, reliability, and safety. In quality assurance, quality control is the systematic processes used to maintain product and service standards.

In everyday language, controle appears in phrases such as controle remoto (remote control), controle de estoque (inventory control), controle de acesso (access control), and controle de tráfego (traffic control). In legal contexts, controle de constitucionalidade refers to the oversight of the constitutionality of laws and actions.

Overall, controle spans technical, organizational, and everyday uses, tied together by the common aim of guiding, limiting, or verifying outcomes within a system.