OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23794

temper

/ˈtɛmpə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
carácter • temperamento
A general tendency or orientation towards a certain type of mood, a volatile state; a habitual way of thinking, behaving or reacting.
A noble temper dost thou show in this;
to have a good, bad, or calm temper
temple
Calmness of mind; moderation; equanimity; composure.
to keep one's temper; to lose one's temper; to recover one's temper
“And I think, madam,” said the Lord Keeper, losing his accustomed temper and patience, “that if you had nothing better to tell us, you had better have kept this family secret to yo…
revenido
The heat treatment to which a metal or other material has been subjected; a material that has undergone a particular heat treatment.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 23795

temper

/ˈtɛmpə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
atemperar • temperar • templar
To moderate or control.
It is all very well tempering enthusiasm for the Report in most of its particulars, as the thinking press has since the debate, [...].
Temper your language around children.
revenir
To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment; anneal.
Tempering is a heat treatment technique applied to metals, alloys, and glass to achieve greater toughness by increasing the strength of materials and/or ductility. Tempering is per…
The temper'd metals clash, and yield a silver sound.