temperar

Borrowed from Latin temperāre. Doublet of temprar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [təm.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tem.peˈɾaɾ]

temperar (first-person singular present tempero, first-person singular preterite temperí, past participle temperat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to moderate

   Synonyms: moderar, assuaujar

2. (transitive, music) to temper

   Synonym: temprar

3. (pronominal) to adapt

   Synonyms: acomodar-se, adaptar-se

• temperància

• “temperar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• atemperar

From Old Galician-Portuguese temperar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), Latin tempero, temperare (“to mix, to temper”).

• IPA^(key): [tempeˈɾaɾ]

temperar (first-person singular present tempero, first-person singular preterite temperei, past participle temperado)

1. to mix or combine properly

   Synonym: mesturar

2. to tune

   Synonym: afinar

   • 1814, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Romance:

     Repinicáde o pandeiro,
     Nenas dos portos de mar;
     Para tocálo Rianxo
     E a Avia para bailar.
     O Miño tempére a gaita,
     Anque marre o brencellau;
     E mais que non quede pinga,
     Xarro tras xarro e brindár.
     Os barrosos e pardiños,
     Xuro a brios, que an de danzar,
     Sin que o estorven as cadrillas
     Dos valentes Roquetaus.

     Ring your tambourine,
     girls from the sea harbours;
     [best] at playing it, Rianxo;
     the land of Avia, at dancing.
     Let the Miño tune the bagpipe,
     even if the good wine is not enough;
     Do not leave a drop,
     pitcher after pitcher and toast.
     Highlanders and lowlanders,
     I swear they ought to dance,
     no fault on the teams
     of the valiant people of Lemos.

3. to temper

   Synonym: regular

4. to warm up or to cool down to the desired temperature

• tempero

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “temperar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tenper”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “temperar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “temperar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “temperar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “temperar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “temperar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• Hyphenation: tem‧pe‧rar

temperar (first-person singular present tempero, first-person singular preterite temperei, past participle temperado)

1. to season (to flavour food)
2. to temper (metal)

• tempero
• temperança

Borrowed from Latin temperāre. Doublet of templar.

• IPA^(key): /tempeˈɾaɾ/ [t̪ẽm.peˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tem‧pe‧rar

temperar (first-person singular present tempero, first-person singular preterite temperé, past participle temperado)

1. (transitive) to temper (to moderate or control)

   Synonyms: atemperar, templar

2. to soften
3. to calm

• “temperar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024