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Tempo


Tem′po

,
Noun.
[It., fr. L.
tempus
. See
Tense
,
Noun.
]
(Mus.)
The rate or degree of movement in time.
A tempo giusto
(joōs′tō̍)
[It.]
,
in exact time; – sometimes, directing a return to strict time after a tempo rubato.
Tempo rubato
.
See under
Rubato
.

Definition 2024


Tempo

Tempo

See also: tempo and tempó

German

Noun

Tempo n (genitive Tempos, plural Tempi)

  1. (pace, rate, speed) tempo
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Etymology 2

Originally the trademarked name of a specific brand.

Noun

Tempo n (genitive Tempos, plural Tempos)

  1. a tissue, a paper handkerchief
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tempo

tempo

See also: Tempo and tempó

English

Noun

tempo (plural tempos or tempi)

  1. A frequency or rate.
  2. (chess) A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
  3. The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
  4. (music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
  5. (cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
  6. A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries)--a genericided trademark originally associated with Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH that manufactured such vehicles.

Usage notes

The plural tempi is only used for the musical sense; all other meanings have the plural tempos.

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Translations


Catalan

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

  1. (music) tempo

Czech

Noun

tempo n

  1. speed, pace, rate
  2. (music): tempo
  3. (swimming): stroke

Danish

Etymology

From Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (time).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛmpo/, [ˈtˢɛmpʰo], [ˈtˢɛmb̥o]

Noun

tempo n (singular definite tempoet, plural indefinite tempoer or tempi)

  1. pace
  2. rate
  3. tempo
  4. stage

Inflection


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tem‧po

Etymology

From Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (time).

Noun

tempo n (plural tempo's, diminutive tempootje n)

  1. tempo

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin tempus; Italian, Portuguese tempo; French temps; Spanish tiempo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtempo/
  • Hyphenation: tem‧po

Noun

tempo (accusative singular tempon, plural tempoj, accusative plural tempojn)

  1. time
    • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":
      La tempo ĉiam malkaŝas la veron.
      Time always reveals the truth.
  2. (grammar) tense
    • 1903, Paŭlo Fruictier, Esperanta sintakso, page 49:
      Per estonta tempo (os) oni esprimas tion, kio okazos.
      One uses the future tense (os) to express what will happen.

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin tempus.

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

  1. time
  2. period, age
  3. (grammar) tense

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Ido

Noun

tempo (plural tempi)

  1. time

Italian

Etymology

From Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (stretch), from the root *temp- (to stretch, string).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛmpo]

Noun

tempo m (plural tempi)

  1. time
  2. time, age, period
    bei tempi!, those were the days!
  3. part (of a film, show, etc.)
    primo tempo, secondo tempo, first part, second part (of a film.)
  4. weather
    tempo da lupi - lousy weather
  5. (music) time, tempo, rhythm.
  6. (grammar) tense
    tempo passato, past tense.

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Latin

Noun

tempō

  1. dative singular of tempus
  2. ablative singular of tempus

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

tempo n (definite singular tempoet, indefinite plural tempi or tempo or tempoer, definite plural tempiene or tempoa or tempoene)

  1. a tempo
  2. pace

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tempo n (definite singular tempoet, indefinite plural tempo, definite plural tempoa)

  1. a tempo
  2. pace

Papiamentu

Noun

tempo

  1. time

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt̪ɛ̃mpɔ]

Noun

tempo n

  1. tempo

Declension


Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • tẽpo (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tempo, from Latin tempus (time), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (stretch).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtẽ.pu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtẽ.po/

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

  1. (uncountable) time (the progression from the present into the future)
    • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 135:
      Não vi o tempo passar.
      I didn't notice the time passing.
  2. (uncountable) time (quantity of availability of duration)
    Não há tempo para explicar, entra no carro!
    There is no time to explain, get in the car!
  3. a duration of time, especially a long one
    Ficara muito tempo na cadeia.
    He had spent a lot of time in jail.
  4. (uncountable) weather (state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place)
  5. time; era; period
    O tempo dos dinossauros.
    The time of the dinosaurs.
  6. season (part of a year when something particular happens)
    É tempo de colheita.
    It is harvest season.
  7. (grammar) tense (forms of a verb which distinguish when an action occurs)
  8. (sports) a subdivision of the duration of a match (such as halves in football, quarters in basketball)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tempo.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • tempinho, tempozinho (diminutives)
  • tempão (augmentative)
  • fechar o tempo
  • ganhar tempo
  • lutar contra o tempo
  • matar tempo
  • meio-tempo
  • tempo de vacas magras
  • tempo integral
  • tempo real
  • tempo relativo
  • tempo solar

Related terms

  • temporalização
  • temporalizar
  • temporâneo
  • temporário
  • temporizar

Interjection

tempo!

  1. (sports) time out (call for a time-out)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:tempo.


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /těmpo/
  • Hyphenation: tem‧po

Noun

tèmpo m (Cyrillic spelling тѐмпо)

  1. tempo

Declension


Spanish

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

  1. tempo