atemperar
Spanish, verb/atempeˈɾaɾ/
atemperar is spelled A-T-E-M-P-E-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atemperar is a Spanish verb meaning “to temper (to moderate or control)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Calmar, templar”.
What does atemperar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to temper (to moderate or control)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Calmar, templar. 2. Acomodar una cosa a otra. 3. Poner a temperatura ambiente. 4. Reducir alguna cosa a su temperamento.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of atemperar
- atempero first-person present singular
- atemperé first-person preterite singular
- atemperado participle past
- atemperando gerund
- atemperada feminine participle past
- atemperados masculine participle past
- atemperadas feminine participle past
- atemperas indicative informal present
- atemperás indicative informal present
- atempera indicative present singular
- atemperamos first-person indicative plural
- atemperáis indicative plural present
- atemperan indicative plural present
- atemperaba first-person imperfect indicative
- atemperabas imperfect indicative second-person
- atemperábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- atemperabais imperfect indicative plural
- atemperaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atemperar?
- /atempeˈɾaɾ/
- [a.t̪ẽm.peˈɾaɾ]
- [at̪ẽmpeˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is atemperar in Spanish?
atemperar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).