tento

See also: tentó and tentò

Czech

Etymology

From ten +‎ to.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛnto]
• Rhymes: -ɛnto

Pronoun

tento

1. this

Declension

Declension of tento (irregular)

singular
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	tento		tato	toto
genitive	tohoto		této	tohoto
dative	tomuto		této	tomuto
accusative	tohoto	tento	tuto	toto
locative	tomto		této	tomto
instrumental	tímto		touto	tímto
plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	tito	tyto		tato
genitive	těchto
dative	těmto
accusative	tyto			tato
locative	těchto
instrumental	těmito

Further reading

• “tento”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “tento”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tento”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Esperanto

Etymology

From tenti +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtento]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ten‧to

Noun

tento (accusative singular tenton, plural tentoj, accusative plural tentojn)

1. temptation

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back formation from tentar from Latin temptāre (“to test, to touch”). Cognate with Portuguese tento and Spanish tiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtento̝/, /ˈtɛnto̝/

Noun

tento m (plural tentos)

1. steady hand

   Tras o accidente perdín o tento. ― After the accident I've lost my steady hand.

2. (usually in the plural) tact (the sense of touch)

   Synonym: sira

3. finesse; tact (careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense)

   Synonyms: delicadeza, tacto, tino

4. try, attempt

   Synonyms: intento, tentativa

5. fingertip

   Synonym: papo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.to/, /ˈten.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
• Hyphenation: tèn‧to, tén‧to

Verb

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentare

Anagrams

• netto, nettò, notte, tonte

Latin

Alternative forms

• temptō

Etymology

From tentus, the perfect passive participle of tendō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈten.toː/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.to/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]

Verb

tentō (present infinitive tentāre, perfect active tentāvī, supine tentātum); first conjugation

1. to handle, touch
2. to try, test, tempt

Conjugation

Conjugation of tentō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tentō	tentās	tentat	tentāmus	tentātis	tentant
	imperfect	tentābam	tentābās	tentābat	tentābāmus	tentābātis	tentābant
	future	tentābō	tentābis	tentābit	tentābimus	tentābitis	tentābunt
	perfect	tentāvī	tentāvistī, tentāstī1	tentāvit, tentāt1	tentāvimus, tentāmus1	tentāvistis, tentāstis1	tentāvērunt, tentāvēre, tentārunt1
	pluperfect	tentāveram, tentāram1	tentāverās, tentārās1	tentāverat, tentārat1	tentāverāmus, tentārāmus1	tentāverātis, tentārātis1	tentāverant, tentārant1
	future perfect	tentāverō, tentārō1	tentāveris, tentāris1	tentāverit, tentārit1	tentāverimus, tentārimus1	tentāveritis, tentāritis1	tentāverint, tentārint1
passive	present	tentor	tentāris, tentāre	tentātur	tentāmur	tentāminī	tentantur
	imperfect	tentābar	tentābāris, tentābāre	tentābātur	tentābāmur	tentābāminī	tentābantur
	future	tentābor	tentāberis, tentābere	tentābitur	tentābimur	tentābiminī	tentābuntur
	perfect	tentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	tentem	tentēs	tentet	tentēmus	tentētis	tentent
	imperfect	tentārem	tentārēs	tentāret	tentārēmus	tentārētis	tentārent
	perfect	tentāverim, tentārim1	tentāverīs, tentārīs1	tentāverit, tentārit1	tentāverīmus, tentārīmus1	tentāverītis, tentārītis1	tentāverint, tentārint1
	pluperfect	tentāvissem, tentāssem1	tentāvissēs, tentāssēs1	tentāvisset, tentāsset1	tentāvissēmus, tentāssēmus1	tentāvissētis, tentāssētis1	tentāvissent, tentāssent1
passive	present	tenter	tentēris, tentēre	tentētur	tentēmur	tentēminī	tententur
	imperfect	tentārer	tentārēris, tentārēre	tentārētur	tentārēmur	tentārēminī	tentārentur
	perfect	tentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	tentā	—	—	tentāte	—
	future	—	tentātō	tentātō	—	tentātōte	tentantō
passive	present	—	tentāre	—	—	tentāminī	—
	future	—	tentātor	tentātor	—	—	tentantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		tentāre	tentāvisse, tentāsse1	tentātūrum esse	tentārī	tentātum esse	tentātum īrī
participles		tentāns	—	tentātūrus	—	tentātus	tentandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		tentandī	tentandō	tentandum	tentandō	tentātum	tentātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• attentō
• extentō
• intentō
• obtentō
• pertentō
• praetentō
• retentō
• tentāmen
• tentativus

 

Descendants

• Albanian: tentuar
• French: tenter
• Galician: tentar
• Portuguese: tentar
• Spanish: tentar

References

• “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tento 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 attacked by disease: morbo tentari or corripi
    
  • to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
    
  • to try to divine a person's disposition: animos tentare (Cluent. 63. 176)
    
  • to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ten‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tentum, past passive participle of teneō.

Noun

tento m (plural tentos)

1. attention, cautiousness, prudence, care

   Synonyms: cautela, cuidado, atenção, prudência, tino

Etymology 2

Verb

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar

Slovak

Etymology

From ten +‎ to.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈcentɔ]

Pronoun

tento

1. (demonstrative) this (nearby)

Declension

Declension of tento (irregular)

singular
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	tento		táto	toto
genitive	tohto		tejto	tohto
dative	tomuto		tejto	tomuto
accusative	tohto	tento	tuto	toto
locative	tomto		tejto	tomto
instrumental	týmto		touto	týmto
plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	títo	tieto
genitive	týchto
dative	týmto
accusative	týchto	tieto
locative	týchto
instrumental	týmito

Further reading

• “tento”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian attento

Adjective

tento (feminine singular tenta, masculine plural tenti, feminine plural tente)

1. careful, attentive

   Synonym: atento