tempero

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

Attested since 1812. Back-formation from temperar.

• IPA^(key): [temˈpeɾʊ], [temˈpɛɾʊ]

tempero m (plural temperos)

1. equilibrium, balance

   Synonym: equilibrio

2. (cooking) the correct point of seasoning or preparation
3. 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;

4. temperance

   Synonym: temperanza

• temperar

• 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

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

• IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.ro/, (traditional) /ˈtɛm.pe.ro/^[1]
• Rhymes: -empero, (traditional) -ɛmpero
• Hyphenation: tém‧pe‧ro, (traditional) tèm‧pe‧ro

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperare

• rompete

Denominative verb formed from the oblique stem of older *tempos, *tempes- (whence tempus (“time”)) + -ō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛm.pɛ.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛm.pe.ro]

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

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

• “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.
  • 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)
    

Deverbal from temperar.

• Rhymes: -eɾu
• Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ro

tempero m (plural temperos)

1. seasoning (something that adds taste to food)

• →? Japanese: 天麩羅, 天婦羅, 天ぷら (てんぷら, tenpura)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Rhymes: -ɛɾu
• Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ro

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

• “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

• IPA^(key): /temˈpeɾo/ [t̪ẽmˈpe.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: tem‧pe‧ro

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).

tempero m (plural temperos)

1. seasonableness

   Synonym: tempestividad

tempero

1. first-person singular present indicative of temperar

• “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