tento

See also: tentó and tentò

Czech

Etymology

From ten +‎ to.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɛnto]

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• Rhymes: -ɛnto

Pronoun

tento

1. this

Declension

Declension of tento (irregular)

singular
	masculine		feminine	neuter
	animate	inanimate
nominative	tento		tato	toto
genitive	tohoto		této	tohoto
dative	tomuto		této	tomuto
accusative	tohoto	tento	tuto	toto
locative	tomto		této	tomto
instrumental	tímto		touto	tímto
plural
	masculine		feminine	neuter
	animate	inanimate
nominative	tito	tyto		tato
genitive	těchto
dative	těmto
accusative	tyto			tato
locative	těchto
instrumental	těmito

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^(key): /ˈtento/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: ten‧to

Noun

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

1. 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^(key): /ˈtento̝/, /ˈtɛnto̝/

Noun

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

References

• 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

Etymology 2

Verb

tento

1. first-person singular present indicative of tentar