tempo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.pəʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpəʊ

Noun

tempo (plural tempos or tempi)

1. A frequency or rate.
2. (chess) A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
3. (bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
4. The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
5. (music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
6. (cycling) The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
7. A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.
8. (American football) A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo.

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

1. (music) tempo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo.

Noun

tempo n

1. speed, pace, rate
2. (music) tempo
3. (swimming) stroke

Further reading

• tempo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tempo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛmpo/, [ˈtˢɛmpʰo], [ˈtˢɛmb̥o]

Noun

tempo n (singular definite tempoet, plural indefinite tempoer or tempi)

1. pace
2. rate
3. tempo
4. stage

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: tem‧po

Noun

tempo n (plural tempo's, diminutive tempootje n)

1. tempo

Etymology

From Latin tempus; Italian, Portuguese tempo; French temps; Spanish tiempo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtempo/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: tem‧po

Noun

tempo (accusative singular tempon, plural tempoj, accusative plural tempojn)

1. time
   • 1910, L. L. Zamenhof, "Proverbaro Esperanta":

     La tempo ĉiam malkaŝas la veron.

     Time always reveals the truth.

2. (grammar) tense
   • 1903, Paŭlo Fruictier, Esperanta sintakso, page 49:

     Per estonta tempo (os) oni esprimas tion, kio okazos.

     One uses the future tense (os) to express what will happen.

Etymology

From Latin tempus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɛmpʊ]

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

1. time
2. period, age
3. (grammar) tense

Noun

tempo (plural tempi)

1. time

Etymology

From Latin tempus (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.po/, [ˈt̪ɛmpo]

• Audio

  (file)

• Stress: tèmpo
• Hyphenation: tem‧po

Noun

tempo m (plural tempi)

1. time
2. time, age, period

   bei tempi! ― those were the days!

3. part (of a film, show, etc.)

   primo tempo, secondo tempo ― first part, second part (of a film)

4. weather

   Synonym: clima

   tempo da lupi ― lousy weather (literally, “wolf-like weather”)

5. (music) time, tempo, rhythm.
6. (grammar) tense

   tempo passato ― past tense

See also

• crono-

Noun

tempō

1. dative singular of tempus
2. ablative singular of tempus

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo.

Noun

tempo n (definite singular tempoet, indefinite plural tempi or tempo or tempoer, definite plural tempiene or tempoa or tempoene)

1. a tempo
2. pace

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo.

Noun

tempo n (definite singular tempoet, indefinite plural tempo, definite plural tempoa)

1. a tempo
2. pace

Etymology

From Portuguese tempo.

Noun

tempo

1. time

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɛ̃mpɔ]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

tempo n

1. tempo

Alternative forms

• tẽpo (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese tempo, from Latin tempus (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.pu/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.po/

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

1. (uncountable) time (the progression from the present into the future)
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 135:

     Não vi o tempo passar.

     I didn't notice the time passing.

2. (uncountable) time (quantity of availability of duration)

   Não há tempo para explicar, entra no carro!

   There is no time to explain, get in the car!

3. a duration of time, especially a long one

   Ficara muito tempo na cadeia.

   He had spent a lot of time in jail.

4. (uncountable) weather (state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place)
5. time; era; period

   O tempo dos dinossauros.

   The time of the dinosaurs.

6. season (part of a year when something particular happens)

   É tempo de colheita.

   It is harvest season.

7. (grammar) tense (forms of a verb which distinguish when an action occurs)
8. (sports) a subdivision of the duration of a match (such as halves in football, quarters in basketball)

Interjection

tempo!

1. (sports) time out (call for a time-out)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /těmpo/
• Hyphenation: tem‧po

Noun

tèmpo m (Cyrillic spelling тѐмпо)

1. tempo

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempo. Doublet of tiempo.

Noun

tempo m (plural tempos)

1. (music) tempo
2. (chess) tempo