See also: temperó and temperò

Catalan edit

Verb edit

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Galician edit

Etymology 1 edit

Attested since 1812. Back-formation from temperar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [temˈpeɾʊ], [temˈpɛɾʊ]

Noun edit

tempero m (plural temperos)

  1. equilibrium, balance
    Synonym: equilibrio
  2. (cooking) the correct point of seasoning or preparation
  3. temper, temperament; manner, personality
    Synonym: temperamento
    • 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:
      Ela sábelle o tempero,
      e él co-ela está contento:
      canto falas todo he vento;
      She knows his manner,
      and he is happy with her:
      all you say is just wind;
  4. temperance
    Synonym: temperanza
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References edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtem.pe.ro/, (traditional) /ˈtɛm.pe.ro/[1]
  • Rhymes: -empero, (traditional) -ɛmpero
  • Hyphenation: tém‧pe‧ro, (traditional) tèm‧pe‧ro

Verb edit

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperare

References edit

  1. ^ tempero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *tempezāō, related to tempus (time).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

temperō (present infinitive temperāre, perfect active temperāvī, supine temperātum); first conjugation

  1. to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate
  2. to combine, compound or blend properly
  3. to rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order, control
  4. to refrain or abstain (from), forbear
  5. to be moderate or temperate; to show restraint

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of temperō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present temperō temperās temperat temperāmus temperātis temperant
imperfect temperābam temperābās temperābat temperābāmus temperābātis temperābant
future temperābō temperābis temperābit temperābimus temperābitis temperābunt
perfect temperāvī temperāvistī temperāvit temperāvimus temperāvistis temperāvērunt,
temperāvēre
pluperfect temperāveram temperāverās temperāverat temperāverāmus temperāverātis temperāverant
future perfect temperāverō temperāveris temperāverit temperāverimus temperāveritis temperāverint
passive present temperor temperāris,
temperāre
temperātur temperāmur temperāminī temperantur
imperfect temperābar temperābāris,
temperābāre
temperābātur temperābāmur temperābāminī temperābantur
future temperābor temperāberis,
temperābere
temperābitur temperābimur temperābiminī temperābuntur
perfect temperātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect temperātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect temperātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present temperem temperēs temperet temperēmus temperētis temperent
imperfect temperārem temperārēs temperāret temperārēmus temperārētis temperārent
perfect temperāverim temperāverīs temperāverit temperāverīmus temperāverītis temperāverint
pluperfect temperāvissem temperāvissēs temperāvisset temperāvissēmus temperāvissētis temperāvissent
passive present temperer temperēris,
temperēre
temperētur temperēmur temperēminī temperentur
imperfect temperārer temperārēris,
temperārēre
temperārētur temperārēmur temperārēminī temperārentur
perfect temperātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect temperātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present temperā temperāte
future temperātō temperātō temperātōte temperantō
passive present temperāre temperāminī
future temperātor temperātor temperantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives temperāre temperāvisse temperātūrum esse temperārī temperātum esse temperātum īrī
participles temperāns temperātūrus temperātus temperandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
temperandī temperandō temperandum temperandō temperātum temperātū

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • tempero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tempero”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tempero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix mihi tempero quin lacrimem
    • to give the state a constitution: rem publicam legibus et institutis temperare (Tusc. 1. 1. 2)

Portuguese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Deverbal from temperar, from Latin temperāre (to mix, to temper).

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -eɾu
  • Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ro

Noun edit

tempero m (plural temperos)

  1. seasoning
Related terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -ɛɾu
  • Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ro

Verb edit

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /temˈpeɾo/ [t̪ẽmˈpe.ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -eɾo
  • Syllabification: tem‧pe‧ro

Etymology 1 edit

Probably deverbal from temperar. May correspond to a Vulgar Latin *temperium, from Latin temperiēs (compare Catalan temper, temperi, Occitan tempier, Old French tempier, Italian temperie).

Noun edit

tempero m (plural temperos)

  1. seasonableness
    Synonym: tempestividad

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Further reading edit