tempero

== Catalan == === Verb === tempero first-person singular present indicative of temperar == Galician == === Etymology 1 === Attested since 1812. Back-formation from temperar. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [temˈpeɾʊ], [temˈpɛɾʊ] ==== Noun ==== tempero m (plural temperos) equilibrium, balance Synonym: equilibrio (cooking) the correct point of seasoning or preparation temper, temperament; manner, personality Synonym: temperamento temperance Synonym: temperanza ===== Related terms ===== temperar ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tempero”, 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), “tempero”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tempero”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tempero first-person singular present indicative of temperar == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtem.pe.ro/, (traditional) /ˈtɛm.pe.ro/ Rhymes: -empero, (traditional) -ɛmpero Hyphenation: tém‧pe‧ro, (traditional) tèm‧pe‧ro === Verb === tempero first-person singular present indicative of temperare === References === === Anagrams === rompete == Latin == === Etymology === Denominative verb formed from the oblique stem of older *tempos, *tempes- (whence tempus (“time”)) + -ō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɛm.pɛ.roː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɛm.pe.ro] === Verb === temperō (present infinitive temperāre, perfect active temperāvī, supine temperātum); first conjugation to divide duly, qualify, temper, moderate to combine, compound or blend properly to rule, regulate, govern, manage, arrange, order, control to refrain or abstain (from), forbear to be moderate or temperate; to show restraint ==== Conjugation ==== ==== 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 “tempero”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 611 Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from temperar. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -eɾu Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ro ==== Noun ==== tempero m (plural temperos) seasoning (something that adds taste to food) ===== Descendants ===== →? Japanese: 天麩羅, 天婦羅, 天ぷら (てんぷら, tenpura) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ɛɾu Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ro ==== Verb ==== tempero first-person singular present indicative of temperar === Further reading === “tempero”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tempero”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /temˈpeɾo/ [t̪ẽmˈpe.ɾo] Rhymes: -eɾo Syllabification: tem‧pe‧ro === Etymology 1 === Probably deverbal from temperar. May correspond to a Vulgar Latin *temperium, from Latin temperiēs (compare Catalan temper, temperi, Occitan tempier, Old French tempier, Italian temperie). ==== Noun ==== tempero m (plural temperos) seasonableness Synonym: tempestividad === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== tempero first-person singular present indicative of temperar === Further reading === “tempero”, 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