tempero

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Attested since 1812. Back-formation from temperar.

• IPA^(key): ,

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

• temperar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tempero”, 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), “tempero”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tempero”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

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

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperare

• rompete

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.roː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.ro/,

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

• “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, 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)
    

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

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

tempero m (plural temperos)

1. seasoning

• temperar

• Japanese: 天麩羅, 天婦羅, 天ぷら (てんぷら, tenpura)

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

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

• IPA^(key): /temˈpeɾo/
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: tem‧pe‧ro

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).

tempero m (plural temperos)

1. seasonableness

   Synonym: tempestividad

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

• “tempero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014