tentempié

Spanish

FWOTD – 30 June 2020

Etymology

A contraction of tente en pie (“keep yourself standing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tentemˈpje/ [t̪ẽn̪.t̪ẽmˈpje]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: ten‧tem‧pié

Noun

tentempié m (plural tentempiés)

1. snack, refreshment (small portion of food)

   Synonyms: piscolabis, refrigerio

   • 2019, Marta Rodríguez Quesada, “Una clase de ingles”, in Esbozos, Edicions Tremendes, →ISBN, page 99:

     Me miró con sus ojos soñadores y me dio el pedacito de pan, alegre, observando con orgullo el deleite que mostré ante tal tentempié.

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2. entrée

   Synonym: aperitivo

3. roly-poly (toy that rights itself when pushed over)

   Synonym: tentetieso

Further reading

• “tentempié”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• aperitivo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es