# tento
## Czech
### Etymology

From ten +‎ to.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛnto]
* Rhymes: -ɛnto

### Pronoun

tento
* this

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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), 2008–2025

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From tenti +‎ -o.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtento]
* Rhymes: -ento
* Hyphenation: ten‧to

### Noun

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

## Galician
### Etymology 1

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.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtento̝/, /ˈtɛnto̝/

#### Noun

tento m (plural tentos)
* steady hand
    Tras o accidente perdín o tento. ― After the accident I've lost my steady hand.
* (usually in the plural) tact (the sense of touch)
    Synonym: sira
* finesse; tact (careful consideration in dealing with others to avoid giving offense)
    Synonyms: delicadeza, tacto, tino
* try, attempt
    Synonyms: intento, tentativa
* fingertip
    Synonym: papo

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “tento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (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

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tento
* first-person singular present indicative of tentar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛn.to/, /ˈten.to/
* Rhymes: -ɛnto, -ento
* Hyphenation: tèn‧to, tén‧to

### Verb

tento
* first-person singular present indicative of tentare

### References

* ↑ tento in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Anagrams

* netto, nettò, notte, tonte

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* temptō

### Etymology

From tentus, the perfect passive participle of tendō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈten.toː/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈten.to/, [ˈt̪ɛn̪t̪o]

### Verb

tentō (present infinitive tentāre, perfect active tentāvī, supine tentātum); first conjugation
* to handle, touch
* to try, test, tempt

#### Conjugation

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

#### Derived terms

* attentō
* extentō
* intentō
* obtentō
* pertentō
* praetentō
* retentō
* tentāmen
* tentativus

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: tentuar
* French: tenter
* Galician: tentar
* Italian: tentare
* Portuguese: tentar
* Spanish: tentar

#### References

* “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, 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)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtẽ.tu/
* Rhymes: -ẽtu
* Hyphenation: ten‧to

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tentum, past passive participle of teneō.

#### Noun

tento m (plural tentos)
* attention, cautiousness, prudence, care
    Synonyms: cautela, cuidado, atenção, prudência, tino

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

tento
* first-person singular present indicative of tentar

## Slovak
### Etymology

From ten +‎ to.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈcentɔ]

### Pronoun

tento
* (demonstrative) this (nearby)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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, 2003–2025

## Venetan
### Etymology

Compare Italian attento

### Adjective

tento (feminine singular tenta, masculine plural tenti, feminine plural tente)
* careful, attentive
    Synonym: atento