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incontrollable

/ɪŋkəntɹˈoʊləbəl/ adj

uncontrollable

Word Origin Control has a surprising origin: from Latin contra 'against' and rota 'wheel' — it was a 'counter-roll,' a duplicate register used to check accounts. So to control is to check or regulate. Add in- 'not' and -able, and incontrollable means 'not able to be checked or regulated.' The same rota gives us rotate, round, and rotor.

adj uncontrollable

His laughter became incontrollable during the comedy show.

(形容词) 无法控制的；失控的；不可控制的

在看喜剧表演时，他的笑声变得无法控制。

(adjetivo) Incontrolable.

Su risa se volvió incontrolable durante el show de comedia.

(adjectif) incontrôlable; ingérable; inmaîtrisable; indomptable [Que l'on ne peut ni contrôler ni maîtriser.]

Son rire est devenu **incontrollable** pendant le spectacle comique.

(Adjektiv) unbeherrschbar; unkontrollierbar [nicht zu kontrollieren oder zu beherrschen; unkontrollierbar.]

Sein Lachen wurde während der Comedy-Show **incontrollable**.

(形容詞) 制御できない。抑えられない。

コメディーショーの最中、彼の笑いはもう制御できなくなった。

(adjetivo) incontrolável; incontível; irrefrenable

Sua risada se tornou incontrolável durante o show de comédia.

Synonyms: uncontrollable unruly unmanageable intractable refractory disobedient wild ungovernable Antonyms: controllable manageable tractable obedient
Word parts: in + control + able

Related words

controller uncontrollable contrary rotate rotation rotor round

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