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controllato

controlled, regulated

adjective kon-trol-LAH-toh Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Origin: Past participle of controllare, from French contrôler, from contre-rôle, 'counter-roll (duplicate register)'.

Also means

checked, verified

Usage Note

Controllato is the past participle of controllare used as an adjective. In business and legal language società controllata means a 'controlled (subsidiary) company'. It also describes a person who is composed and measured — una persona controllata = 'a composed, self-controlled person'. The ll is held as a true double consonant.

Examples

"Il processo è attentamente controllato."

Natural Translation

The process is carefully controlled.

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