temente

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈmɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: te‧mèn‧te

Participle

temente m or f by sense (plural tementi)

1. present participle of temere

Portuguese

Etymology

From temer (“to fear”) +‎ -ente.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈmẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /teˈmẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨˈmẽ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: te‧men‧te

Adjective

temente m or f (plural tementes)

1. frightened (suffering from fear)

   Synonyms: assustado, amedrontado

2. (religion) fearful (having extreme awe towards a deity)

Derived terms

• tementemente

Further reading

• “temente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “temente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025