Definition
Misspelling of 'controversial'; should mean causing or involving heated disagreement or debate.
Etymology
Nonstandard spelling of controversial. The correct spelling comes from controversy plus -al.
Kelly Says
The misspelling 'controversal' is so common online that linguists study it—people see 'controversy' and add -al, missing that the word has an 'i' tucked in before the 's'.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
የምስለን ነገር
ye-mis-len ne-ger
ARالعربية
مثير للجدل
mith-ir li-l-j-dal
BNবাংলা
বিরোধময়
bi-ro-dho-may
CACatalà
polèmic
po-le-mic
DADansk
omstridt
om-stridt
DEDeutsch
umstritten
oom-strit-ten
ELΕλληνικά
διαβλητός
dia-ble-tos
ESEspañol
controvertido
kon-tro-ver-ti-do
FISuomi
kiistanalainen
ki-is-tan-lai-nen
FRFrançais
controversé
kon-tro-ver-se
GUGU
વિવાદાસ્પદ
vi-va-da-as-pad
HAHA
ba-a-ya-a-ya
ba-a-ya-a-ya
HEעברית
מתורגם
me-to-re-gem
HIहिन्दी
विवादास्पद
vi-wa-da-as-pad
HUMagyar
vitatott
vi-tat-to
IDBahasa Indonesia
disenggan
di-sen-gan
IGIG
ike n'egbu
ike n'eg-bu
ITItaliano
controverso
kon-tro-ver-so
JA日本語
論争の的
ron-sei no teki
KMKM
ប្រវ្រ្តបាន
pra-vret-ba-n
KO한국어
논란의 대상
non-ran-ui da-sang
MRMR
विवादात्मक
vi-va-da-at-mak
MSBahasa Melayu
perdeb
per-deb
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောဆိုခြင်း
pyau-so-ching
NLNederlands
omstreden
om-stred-en
NONorsk
omstridt
om-stridt
PAPA
ਵਿਵਾદਾस्पદ
vi-va-da-as-pad
PLPolski
kontrowersyjny
kon-tro-ver-syj-ny
PTPortuguês
controverso
kon-tro-ver-so
RORomână
controversat
kon-tro-ver-sat
RUРусский
спорный
spor-nyy
SVSvenska
omstridda
om-strid-da
SWKiswahili
chanzo cha mjadala
chan-zo cha m-ja-da-la
TAதமிழ்
விவாதத்திற்குரிய
vi-va-tha-tti-r-ku-ri
TEతెలుగు
వివాదాస్పదం
vi-va-da-as-padam
THไทย
ถกเถียง
tok-thae-yang
TLTL
mapag-tatalo
ma-pag-ta-ta-lo
TRTürkçe
tartışmalı
tar-tish-mal-i
UKУкраїнська
суперечливий
su-per-ech-li-viy
VITiếng Việt
tranh cãi
tranh chai
ZUZU
i-ngqondiso
i-ng-qon-di-so