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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin timōrem.
Pronunciation
Noun
temor m or (archaic, popular or poetic) f (plural temors)
- fear
- Synonym: por
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese temor (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin timor, timōrem (“fear; dread”), from timeō (“I fear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
temor m (plural temores)
- fear
- Synonym: medo
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “temor”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “temor”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “temor”, 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), “temor”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese temor, from Latin timōrem (“fear; dread”), from timeō (“to fear”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
- Hyphenation: te‧mor
Noun
temor m (plural temores)
- (uncountable) fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)
- Synonyms: medo, pavor, receio, terror
- Antonyms: arrojo, coragem, destemor, ousadia, valentia, audácia, bravura
- fear (sense of fear induced by something or someone)
- Synonyms: fobia, medo
- (chiefly theology) fear (extreme veneration or awe)
- Synonym: temência
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin timōrem, whence English timorous.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teˈmoɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: te‧mor
Noun
temor m (plural temores)
- fear
- Synonym: miedo
- awe
- dread, apprehension, trepidation
- Synonym: pavor
Derived terms
Further reading
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