templanza
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin temperantia, from temperāns (“observing moderation, sober”). Doublet of temperancia, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /temˈplanθa/ [t̪ẽmˈplãn̟.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /temˈplansa/ [t̪ẽmˈplãn.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -anθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ansa
- Syllabification: tem‧plan‧za
Noun
templanza f (uncountable)
- temperance, moderation, sobriety
- Synonyms: discreción, moderación, sobriedad
Related terms
- templado
Further reading
- “templanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014