# tempero
## Catalan
### Verb

tempero
* first-person singular present indicative of temperar

## Galician
### Etymology 1

Attested since 1812. Back-formation from temperar.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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: /ˈtem.pe.ro/, (traditional) /ˈtɛm.pe.ro/
* Rhymes: -empero, (traditional) -ɛmpero
* Hyphenation: tém‧pe‧ro, (traditional) tèm‧pe‧ro

### Verb

tempero
* first-person singular present indicative of temperare

### References

* ↑ 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: /ˈtem.pe.roː/, [ˈt̪ɛmpɛroː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /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

#### Derived terms

* attemperō
* contemperō
* obtemperō
* temperāmentum
* temperāns
* temperantia
* temperātē
* temperātiō
* temperātīvus
* temperātor
* temperātrīx
* temperātūra
* temperātus
* temperiēs

#### 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 lacrimem to give the state a constitution: rem publicam legibus et institutis temperare (Tusc. 1. 1. 2)

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Deverbal from temperar, from Latin temperāre (“to mix, to temper”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /tẽˈpɛ.ɾu/
* Rhymes: -ɛɾu
* Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧ro

#### Verb

tempero
* first-person singular present indicative of temperar

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /temˈpeɾo/ [t̪ẽmˈpe.ɾo]
* Rhymes: -eɾo
* Syllabification: tem‧pe‧ro

### Etymology 1

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).

#### 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 10