Usages of controlar
En mi casa cada ducha tiene un grifo que controla la temperatura.
In my house each shower has a faucet that controls the temperature.
Controlamos el sonido en la fiesta.
We control the sound at the party.
Mi hermano construyó un pequeño robot y lo controla con su teléfono.
My brother built a small robot and controls it with his phone.
Yo le expliqué que esa tecla controla el volumen del altavoz.
I explained to him that that key controls the speaker volume.
Si mi amiga está muy nerviosa, le recuerdo que hay que respirar lento y pensar en lo que sí puede controlar.
If my friend is very nervous, I remind her that you have to breathe slowly and think about what she can control.
Mi amigo controla la cámara, elige un filtro oscuro y luego escribe los subtítulos en español.
My friend controls the camera, chooses a dark filter and then writes the subtitles in Spanish.
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“How does verb conjugation work in Spanish?”
Spanish verbs change form based on the subject, tense, and mood. Regular verbs follow predictable patterns depending on whether they end in ‑ar, ‑er, or ‑ir. For example, "hablar" (to speak) becomes "hablo" (I speak), "hablas" (you speak), and "habla" (he/she speaks) in the present tense.
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