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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin temperantia, from temperāns (“observing moderation, sober”). Doublet of temperancia, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /temˈplanθa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /temˈplansa/
- Rhymes: -anθa
- Rhymes: -ansa
- Syllabification: tem‧plan‧za
Noun
templanza f (uncountable)
- temperance, moderation, sobriety
- Synonyms: discreción, moderación, sobriedad
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