tento

See also: tentó and tentò

Czech

Etymology

From ten +‎ to.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛnto]
• Rhymes: -ɛnto

Pronoun

tento

1. this

Declension

Declension of tento (irregular)

singular
	masculine		feminine	neuter
	animate	inanimate
nominative	tento		tato	toto
genitive	tohoto		této	tohoto
dative	tomuto		této	tomuto
accusative	tohoto	tento	tuto	toto
locative	tomto		této	tomto
instrumental	tímto		touto	tímto
plural
	masculine		feminine	neuter
	animate	inanimate
nominative	tito	tyto		tato
genitive	těchto
dative	těmto
accusative	tyto			tato
locative	těchto
instrumental	těmito

Further reading

• “tento”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tento”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tento”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Esperanto

Etymology

From tenti +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtento]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ten‧to

Noun

tento (accusative singular tenton, plural tentoj, accusative plural tentojn)

1. temptation

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back formation from tentar from Latin temptāre (“to test, to touch”). Cognate with Portuguese tento and Spanish tiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtento̝/, /ˈtɛnto̝/

Noun

tento m (plural tentos)

1. steady hand

   Tras o accidente perdín o tento. ― After the accident I've lost my steady hand.

2. (usually in the plural) tact (the sense of touch)

   Synonym: sira

3. finesse; tact (careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense)

   Synonyms: delicadeza, tacto, tino

4. try, attempt

   Synonyms: intento, tentativa

5. fingertip

   Synonym: papo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tento”, 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), “tento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.to/, /ˈten.to/
• Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
• Hyphenation: tèn‧to, tén‧to

Verb

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentare

Anagrams

• netto, nettò, notte, tonte

Latin

Alternative forms

• temptō

Etymology

From tentus, the perfect passive participle of tendō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈten.toː/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈten.to/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]

Verb

tentō (present infinitive tentāre, perfect active tentāvī, supine tentātum); first conjugation

1. to handle, touch
2. to try, test, tempt

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tentō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tentō		tentās		tentat		tentāmus		tentātis		tentant
	imperfect	tentābam		tentābās		tentābat		tentābāmus		tentābātis		tentābant
	future	tentābō		tentābis		tentābit		tentābimus		tentābitis		tentābunt
	perfect	tentāvī		tentāvistī, tentāstī1		tentāvit, tentāt1		tentāvimus, tentāmus1		tentāvistis, tentāstis1		tentāvērunt, tentārunt, tentāvēre1
	pluperfect	tentāveram, tentāram1		tentāverās, tentārās1		tentāverat, tentārat1		tentāverāmus, tentārāmus1		tentāverātis, tentārātis1		tentāverant, tentārant1
	future perfect	tentāverō, tentārō1		tentāveris, tentāris1		tentāverit, tentārit1		tentāverimus, tentārimus1		tentāveritis, tentāritis1		tentāverint, tentārint1
passive	present	tentor		tentāris, tentāre		tentātur		tentāmur		tentāminī		tentantur
	imperfect	tentābar		tentābāris, tentābāre		tentābātur		tentābāmur		tentābāminī		tentābantur
	future	tentābor		tentāberis, tentābere		tentābitur		tentābimur		tentābiminī		tentābuntur
	perfect	tentātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	tentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	tentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	tentem		tentēs		tentet		tentēmus		tentētis		tentent
	imperfect	tentārem		tentārēs		tentāret		tentārēmus		tentārētis		tentārent
	perfect	tentāverim, tentārim1		tentāverīs, tentārīs1		tentāverit, tentārit1		tentāverīmus, tentārīmus1		tentāverītis, tentārītis1		tentāverint, tentārint1
	pluperfect	tentāvissem, tentāssem1		tentāvissēs, tentāssēs1		tentāvisset, tentāsset1		tentāvissēmus, tentāssēmus1		tentāvissētis, tentāssētis1		tentāvissent, tentāssent1
passive	present	tenter		tentēris, tentēre		tentētur		tentēmur		tentēminī		tententur
	imperfect	tentārer		tentārēris, tentārēre		tentārētur		tentārēmur		tentārēminī		tentārentur
	perfect	tentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	tentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		tentā		—		—		tentāte		—
	future	—		tentātō		tentātō		—		tentātōte		tentantō
passive	present	—		tentāre		—		—		tentāminī		—
	future	—		tentātor		tentātor		—		—		tentantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		tentāre			tentārī			tentāns			—
future		tentātūrum esse			tentātum īrī			tentātūrus			tentandus
perfect		tentāvisse, tentāsse1			tentātum esse			—			tentātus
future perfect		—			tentātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		tentātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		tentandī		tentandō		tentandum		tentandō		tentātum		tentātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Derived terms

• attentō
• extentō
• intentō
• obtentō
• pertentō
• praetentō
• retentō
• tentāmen
• tentativus

Descendants

• → Albanian: tentuar
• French: tenter
• Galician: tentar
• Italian: tentare
• Portuguese: tentar
• Spanish: tentar

References

• “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tento 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 attacked by disease: morbo tentari or corripi
    
  • to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
    
  • to try to divine a person's disposition: animos tentare (Cluent. 63. 176)
    
  • to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.tu/

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ten‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tentum, past passive participle of teneō.

Noun

tento m (plural tentos)

1. attention, cautiousness, prudence, care

   Synonyms: cautela, cuidado, atenção, prudência, tino

Etymology 2

Verb

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar

Slovak

Etymology

From ten +‎ to.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈcentɔ]

Pronoun

tento

1. (demonstrative) this (nearby)

Declension

Declension of tento (irregular)

singular
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	tento		táto	toto
genitive	tohto		tejto	tohto
dative	tomuto		tejto	tomuto
accusative	tohto	tento	tuto	toto
locative	tomto		tejto	tomto
instrumental	týmto		touto	týmto
plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter
nominative	títo	tieto
genitive	týchto
dative	týmto
accusative	týchto	tieto
locative	týchto
instrumental	týmito

Further reading

• “tento”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Venetan

Etymology

Compare Italian attento

Adjective

tento (feminine singular tenta, masculine plural tenti, feminine plural tente)

1. careful, attentive

   Synonym: atento