temer

See also: témer and téměř

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese temer, from Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō (“I fear”).

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /te.ˈme(ʁ)/
    • (Paulista) IPA(key): [te.ˈme(ɹ)], [-(ɾ)]
    • (South Brazil) IPA(key): [te.ˈme(ɻ)], [-(ɾ)]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨ.ˈmeɾ/
  • Hyphenation: te‧mer

Verb

temer (first-person singular present indicative temo, past participle temido)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to fear (to feel fear about something)
    Não tema! ― Don’t be afraid!
    Eu temo o dia em que ninguém more mais aqui.
    I fear the day no one lives here any more.
    Synonym: ter medo (de)
    Antonym: destemer
  2. (chiefly religion, transitive with a) to fear (to feel awe towards)
    Todo bom cristão teme a Deus.
    Every good Christian fears God.
  3. (subordinating) to be afraid (used to express sympathy)
    Temo que não posso ajudar. ― I’m afraid I can’t help.
  4. (transitive with por) to fear for; to worry about (to be concerned about)
    Os médicos temem pela saúde do meu coração.
    The doctors fear for the health of my heart.
    Synonym: preocupar-se com

Conjugation

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin timeō, timēre.

Verb

temer

  1. (Sursilvan) to fear, be afraid (of), be frightened (of)

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō.

Verb

temer (first-person singular present temo, first-person singular preterite temí, past participle temido)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to fear
    • 2006, Llamada a cuestionar - Una autobiografía espiritual Chittister, Joan D. 1a. ed., Editorial San Pablo →ISBN, page 87
      Temo que he hecho mal todas las cosas en la vida, he tomado mal las decisiones. Temo quedar atrapada por lo que esperan otras personas de mí.
      I'm afraid that I've done everything in life wrong, that I've made bad decisions. I'm afraid of being trapped by what other people expect of me.

Conjugation

        Conjugation of temer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive temer
    gerund temiendo
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular temido temida
    plural temidos temidas
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    indicative yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present temo temestú
    temésvos    		 teme tememos teméis temen
    imperfect temía temías temía temíamos temíais temían
    preterite temí temiste temió temimos temisteis temieron
    future temeré temerás temerá temeremos temeréis temerán
    conditional temería temerías temería temeríamos temeríais temerían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present tema temastú
    temásvos2    		 tema temamos temáis teman
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 temiera temieras temiera temiéramos temierais temieran
    imperfect
    (se)    		 temiese temieses temiese temiésemos temieseis temiesen
    future1 temiere temieres temiere temiéremos temiereis temieren
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative temetú
    temévos    		 tema temamos temed teman
    negative no temas no tema no temamos no temáis no teman
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
          Selected combined forms of temeredit data

      These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      with infinitive temer
      dative temerme temerte temerle, temerse temernos temeros temerles, temerse
      accusative temerme temerte temerlo, temerla, temerse temernos temeros temerlos, temerlas, temerse
      with gerund temiendo
      dative temiéndome temiéndote temiéndole, temiéndose temiéndonos temiéndoos temiéndoles, temiéndose
      accusative temiéndome temiéndote temiéndolo, temiéndola, temiéndose temiéndonos temiéndoos temiéndolos, temiéndolas, temiéndose
      with informal second-person singular imperative teme
      dative témeme témete témele témenos not used témeles
      accusative témeme témete témelo, témela témenos not used témelos, témelas
      with formal second-person singular imperative tema
      dative témame not used témale, témase témanos not used témales
      accusative témame not used témalo, témala, témase témanos not used témalos, témalas
      with first-person plural imperative temamos
      dative not used temámoste temámosle temámonos temámoos temámosles
      accusative not used temámoste temámoslo, temámosla temámonos temámoos temámoslos, temámoslas
      with informal second-person plural imperative temed
      dative temedme not used temedle temednos temeos temedles
      accusative temedme not used temedlo, temedla temednos temeos temedlos, temedlas
      with formal second-person plural imperative teman
      dative témanme not used témanle témannos not used témanles, témanse
      accusative témanme not used témanlo, témanla témannos not used témanlos, témanlas, témanse

      Further reading

      Venetian

      Etymology

      From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō. Compare Italian temere.

      Verb

      temer

      1. (transitive) to fear

      Conjugation

      • Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
      Conjugation of temer (second conjugation)
      infinitive temer
      auxiliary verb aver gerund teméndo
      past participle temato
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
      present temo (te) temi (el/ła) teme temémo temì (i/łe) teme
      imperfect teméa (te) temivi (el/ła) teméa temévimo temivi (i/łe) teméa
      future temarò (te) temarè (el/ła) temarà temarémo temarè (i/łe) temarà
      conditional mi ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
      present temarìa (te) temarisi (el/ła) temarìa temarìsimo temarisi (i/łe) temarìa
      subjunctive che mi che ti che eło / eła che noialtri / noialtre che voialtri / voialtre che łuri / łore
      present tema (te) temi (el/ła) tema temémo temì (i/łe) tema
      imperfect temése (te) temisi (el/ła) temése temésimo temisi (i/łe) temése
      imperative — ti eło / eła noialtri / noialtre voialtri / voialtre łuri / łore
      — (te) temi (el/ła) tema temémo temì (i/łe) tema
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