tento

From ten +‎ to.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛnto]

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto

tento

1. this

• “tento”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tento”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tento”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

From tenti +‎ -o.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtento/

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• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: ten‧to

tento (accusative singular tenton, plural tentoj, accusative plural tentojn)

1. temptation

From Old Galician-Portuguese tento (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a back formation from tentar from Latin temptāre (“to test, to touch”). Cognate with Portuguese tento and Spanish tiento.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtento̝/, /ˈtɛnto̝/

tento m (plural tentos)

1. steady hand

   Tras o accidente perdín o tento. ― After the accident I've lost my steady hand.

2. (usually in the plural) tact (the sense of touch)

   Synonym: sira

3. finesse; tact (careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense)

   Synonyms: delicadeza, tacto, tino

4. try, attempt

   Synonyms: intento, tentativa

5. fingertip

   Synonym: papo

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “tento” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tento”, 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), “tento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛn.to/, /ˈten.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
• Hyphenation: tèn‧to, tén‧to

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentare

• netto, nettò, notte, tonte

• temptō

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Respelling of tempto?”)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛn.to]

tentō (present infinitive tentāre, perfect active tentāvī, supine tentātum); first conjugation

1. to handle, touch
2. to try, test, tempt

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

• “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tento”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “tento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be attacked by disease: morbo tentari or corripi
    
  • to try one's luck: fortunam tentare, experiri
    
  • to try to divine a person's disposition: animos tentare (Cluent. 63. 176)
    
  • to force a way, a passage: iter tentare per vim (cf. sect. II. 3)
    

• Rhymes: -ẽtu
• Hyphenation: ten‧to

Borrowed from Latin tentum, past passive participle of teneō.

tento m (plural tentos)

1. attention, cautiousness, prudence, care

   Synonyms: cautela, cuidado, atenção, prudência, tino

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar

• “tento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “tento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From ten +‎ to.

• IPA^(key): /tentɔ/, [ˈtentɔ]
• Rhymes: -entɔ
• Hyphenation: ten‧to

tento

1. (demonstrative) this (nearby)

• “tento”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Compare Italian attento

tento (feminine singular tenta, masculine plural tenti, feminine plural tente)

1. careful, attentive

   Synonym: atento