tempero

tempero

See also: temperó and temperò

Galician

Etymology

Attested since 1812. Back-formation from temperar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [temˈpeɾʊ], [temˈpɛɾʊ]

Noun

tempero m (plural temperos)

1. equilibrium, balance

   Synonym: equilibrio

2. (cooking) the correct point of seasoning or preparation
3. temper, temperament; manner, personality
   • 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;

   Synonym: temperamento

4. temperance

   Synonym: temperanza

Related terms

• temperar

References

• “tempero” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tempero” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tempero” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.ro/, (traditional) /ˈtɛm.pe.ro/[1]
• 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

• rompete

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.roː/, [ˈt̪ɛmpɛroː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.ro/, [ˈt̪ɛmpero]

Verb

temperō (present infinitive temperāre, perfect active temperāvī, supine temperātum); first conjugation

1. I divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate.
2. I combine, compound or blend properly.
3. I rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order, control.
4. I refrain or abstain (from), forbear.
5. I am moderate or temperate; I 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

• attemperō
• contemperō
• obtemperō
• temperāmentum
• temperāns
• temperantia
• temperātē
• temperātiō
• temperātīvus
• temperātor
• temperātūra
• temperātus
• temperiēs

Descendants

• Aragonese: templar
• Catalan: temprar, trempar, → temperar
• → English: temper
• French: tremper, → tempérer
• Friulian: temperâ
• Galician: temperar
• Italian: temperare, temprare
• Norwegian Bokmål: temperere
• Occitan: trempar
• Piedmontese: tempré
• Portuguese: temperar
• Romanian: astâmpăra
• Spanish: temperar, templar
• Venetian: tenparar

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)
    

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tẽˈpe.ɾu/

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

Noun

tempero m (plural temperos)

1. seasoning

Related terms

• temperar

Descendants

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tẽˈpɛ.ɾu/

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

Verb

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

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Spanish

Etymology

Probably derived regressively from the verb temperar. May correspond to a Vulgar Latin *temperium, from Latin temperies (compare Catalan temper, temperi, Occitan tempier, Old French tempier, Italian temperie).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /temˈpeɾo/ [t̪ẽmˈpe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: tem‧pe‧ro

Noun

tempero m (plural temperos)

1. seasonableness

   Synonym: tempestividad

Verb

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Further reading

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