Italian

Verb

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperare

Anagrams

• rompete

Latin

Etymology

From tempus ‎(“time”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.roː/

Verb

temperō ‎(present infinitive temperāre, perfect active temperāvī, supine temperātum); first conjugation

1. I divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate.
2. I combine, compound or blend properly.
3. I rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order, control.
4. I refrain or abstain (from), forbear.
5. I am moderate or temperate; I show restraint.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tempero”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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

Form of temperar, from Latin temperare ‎(“to mix, to temper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tẽˈperu/

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)

Spanish

Verb

tempero

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of temperar.

Noun

tempero m ‎(plural temperos)

1. seasonableness

Synonyms

• tempestividad