tempero

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See also: temperó and temperò

Catalan

Verb

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Galician

Etymology 1

Attested since 1812. Back-formation from temperar.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Etymology 2

Verb

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperare

References

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

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

   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

Descendants

References

  • “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)

Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tempero m (plural temperos)

  1. seasoning
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Descendants

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Verb

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

tempero m (plural temperos)

  1. seasonableness
    Synonym: tempestividad

Etymology 2

Verb

tempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

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