incontrolado

uncontrolled

adjective een-kohn-troh-LAH-doh Rare

Usage Note

Incontrolado describes something that is out of control or unsupervised: un incendio incontrolado (an uncontrolled fire), masas incontroladas (unruly crowds). It is the negation of controlado via the prefix in-. In journalistic Spanish it often appears in contexts of violence or civil unrest. The feminine form is incontrolada.

Examples

"El incendio incontrolado arrasó el bosque."

Natural Translation

The uncontrolled fire devastated the forest.

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