temprano

Italian

Verb

temprano

1. third-person plural present indicative of temprare

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin temporānus, variant of Latin temporāneus. Cognate with Portuguese temporão and Galician temperán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /temˈpɾano/ [t̪ẽmˈpɾa.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: tem‧pra‧no

Adjective

temprano (feminine temprana, masculine plural tempranos, feminine plural tempranas, superlative tempranísimo)

1. early

   Antonym: tarde

Derived terms

• tempranillo
• tempranito

 

Adverb

temprano

1. early, early on

   Antonym: tarde

Derived terms

• bien temprano (“very early; bright and early”)
• edad temprana
• más tarde o más temprano
• más temprano que tarde (“sooner rather than later”)
• tarde o temprano

 

Further reading

• “temprano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28