temperamental
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Etymology
From temperament + -al.
Pronunciation
- 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
Translations
emotional or moody, inconsistent
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Etymology
Borrowed from English temperamental. By surface analysis, temperamento + -al.
Pronunciation
Adjective
temperamental m or f (plural temperamentais)
- temperamental (regarding temperament)
- temperamental (who has untimely and intense reactions)
Further reading
- “temperamental”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “temperamental”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Etymology
From temperament + -al.
Adjective
temperamental m or n (feminine singular temperamentală, masculine plural temperamentali, feminine and neuter plural temperamentale)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | temperamental | temperamentală | temperamentali | temperamentale | ||
| definite | temperamentalul | temperamentala | temperamentalii | temperamentalele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | temperamental | temperamentale | temperamentali | temperamentale | ||
| definite | temperamentalului | temperamentalei | temperamentalilor | temperamentalelor | |||
Declension of temperamental
Pronunciation
Adjective
temperamental m or f (masculine and feminine plural temperamentales)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “temperamental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
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