tempero

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

• 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

   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

Related terms

• temperar

References

• 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

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

Anagrams

• rompete

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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

• attemperō
• contemperō
• obtemperō
• temperāmentum
• temperāns
• temperantia
• temperātē
• temperātiō
• temperātīvus
• temperātor
• temperātrīx
• 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
• Venetan: 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^[1], 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

• 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)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tẽˈpɛ.ɾu/

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

Verb

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /temˈpeɾo/ [t̪ẽmˈpe.ɾo]
• 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

Further reading

• “tempero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10