temperamental

== English == === Etymology === From temperament +‎ -al. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌtɛmp(ə)ɹəˈmɛntl̩/ Rhymes: -ɛntəl === Adjective === temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental) (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament. Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious. (of a machine or of software, figuratively) User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate; unpredictable and erratic. ==== Derived terms ==== temperamentally ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from English temperamental. By surface analysis, temperamento +‎ -al. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ra‧men‧tal === Adjective === temperamental m or f (plural temperamentais) temperamental (regarding temperament) temperamental (who has untimely and intense reactions) === Further reading === “temperamental”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “temperamental”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “temperamental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === From temperament +‎ -al. === Adjective === temperamental m or n (feminine singular temperamentală, masculine plural temperamentali, feminine/neuter plural temperamentale) temperamental, moody ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tempeɾamenˈtal/ [t̪ẽm.pe.ɾa.mẽn̪ˈt̪al] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: tem‧pe‧ra‧men‧tal === Adjective === temperamental m or f (masculine and feminine plural temperamentales) temperamental, moody ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “temperamental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025