See also: temperó and temperò Catalan Verb tempero first-person singular present indicative of temperar Galician Etymology 1 Attested since 1812. Back-formation of 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 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:Ela sábelle o tempero,e él co-ela está contento:canto falas todo he vento;She knows his manner,and he is happy with her:all you say is just wind; 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/[1] Rhymes: -empero, (traditional) -ɛmpero Hyphenation: tém‧pe‧ro, (traditional) tèm‧pe‧ro Verb tempero first-person singular present indicative of temperare References [1]tempero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI) Anagrams rompete Latin Etymology From Proto-Italic *tempezāō, related to tempus (“time”). Pronunciation (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtem.pe.roː/, [ˈt̪ɛmpɛroː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtem.pe.ro/, [ˈt̪ɛmpero] 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 More information indicative, singular ... indicative singular plural first second third first second third active present temperō temperās temperat temperāmus temperātis temperant imperfect temperābam temperābās temperābat temperābāmus temperābātis temperābant future temperābō temperābis temperābit temperābimus temperābitis temperābunt perfect temperāvī temperāvistī temperāvit temperāvimus temperāvistis temperāvērunt, temperāvēre pluperfect temperāveram temperāverās temperāverat temperāverāmus temperāverātis temperāverant future perfect temperāverō temperāveris temperāverit temperāverimus temperāveritis temperāverint passive present temperor temperāris, temperāre temperātur temperāmur temperāminī temperantur imperfect temperābar temperābāris, temperābāre temperābātur temperābāmur temperābāminī temperābantur future temperābor temperāberis, temperābere temperābitur temperābimur temperābiminī temperābuntur perfect temperātus + present active indicative of sum pluperfect temperātus + imperfect active indicative of sum future perfect temperātus + future active indicative of sum subjunctive singular plural first second third first second third active present temperem temperēs temperet temperēmus temperētis temperent imperfect temperārem temperārēs temperāret temperārēmus temperārētis temperārent perfect temperāverim temperāverīs temperāverit temperāverīmus temperāverītis temperāverint pluperfect temperāvissem temperāvissēs temperāvisset temperāvissēmus temperāvissētis temperāvissent passive present temperer temperēris, temperēre temperētur temperēmur temperēminī temperentur imperfect temperārer temperārēris, temperārēre temperārētur temperārēmur temperārēminī temperārentur perfect temperātus + present active subjunctive of sum pluperfect temperātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum imperative singular plural first second third first second third active present — temperā — — temperāte — future — temperātō temperātō — temperātōte temperantō passive present — temperāre — — temperāminī — future — temperātor temperātor — — temperantor non-finite forms infinitive participle active passive active passive present temperāre temperārī temperāns — future temperātūrum esse temperātum īrī temperātūrus temperandus perfect temperāvisse temperātum esse — temperātus future perfect — temperātum fore — — perfect potential temperātūrum fuisse — — — verbal nouns gerund supine genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative temperandī temperandō temperandum temperandō temperātum temperātū Close Conjugation of temperō (first conjugation) Derived terms attemperōcontemperōobtemperōtemperāmentumtemperānstemperantiatemperātētemperātiōtemperātīvustemperātortemperātrīxtemperātūratemperātustemperiēs Descendants Aragonese: templar Catalan: temprar, trempar, → temperar → English: temper French: tremper, → tempérer Friulian: temperâ Galician: temperar Italian: temperare, temprare Norwegian Bokmål: temperere Occitan: trempar Piedmontese: tempré Portuguese: temperar Romanian: astâmpăra Spanish: temperar, templar Venetan: tenparar 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. Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co. to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix mihi tempero quin lacrimemto give the state a constitution: rem publicam legibus et institutis temperare (Tusc. 1. 1. 2) Portuguese Etymology 1 Deverbal of temperar, from Latin temperāre (“to mix, to temper”). Pronunciation IPA(key): /tẽˈpe.ɾu/ Rhymes: -eɾu Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ro Noun tempero m (plural temperos) seasoning Related terms temperar Descendants Japanese: 天麩羅, 天婦羅, 天ぷら (てんぷら, tenpura) Etymology 2 Pronunciation IPA(key): /tẽˈpɛ.ɾu/ Rhymes: -ɛɾu Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ro Verb tempero first-person singular present indicative of temperar Spanish Pronunciation IPA(key): /temˈpeɾo/ [t̪ẽmˈpe.ɾo] Rhymes: -eɾo Syllabification: tem‧pe‧ro Etymology 1 Probably deverbal of 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.