controlás

Controlás is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb controlar in the voseo paradigm. It means “you control” and is used with the pronoun vos. It is characteristic of Rioplatense Spanish (Argentina and Uruguay) and is also found in some other regions of the Spanish-speaking world that use voseo. In areas that use tú instead of vos, the corresponding form is controlas.

Morphology: For -ar verbs in the vos paradigm, the present indicative ending is -ás, with an accent to indicate stress on the last syllable: control-ás. This contrasts with the tú form controlas, which has the stress on the penultimate syllable and typically carries no written accent.

Usage and examples: “Vos controlás la situación” means “You control the situation.” The form is common in informal speech and in writing in regions that practice voseo. In contexts that do not use voseo, the same idea is expressed with “tú controlas” or, in formal situations, “usted controla,” depending on regional norms.

Related forms: The voseo system also yields the affirmative imperative “controlá” and the negative imperative “no controlés,” as well as present subjunctive forms such as “que vos controles” (often written as “que controlés” in some dialects).

Notes: The presence of controlás reflects broader dialectal variation in Spanish, commonly grouped under the voseo phenomenon, which involves both the use of the pronoun vos and distinct verb conjugations.