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temple

Spanish, noun

temple is spelled T-E-M-P-L-E (6 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 14,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temple is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “mood; humour (of a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of templar. With an accent, templé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of templar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición de la atmósfera o estado del ambiente, con referencia al grado de calor, frío, sequedad o humedad…”.

What does temple mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemood; humour (of a person)

  2. 2

    masculinemettle; courage; spunk

  3. 3

    masculinetempering

  4. 4

    masculinetemperature

  5. 5

    masculinetuning

  6. 6

    masculinea move of the cape before a charge

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as templé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of templar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Condición de la atmósfera o estado del ambiente, con referencia al grado de calor, frío, sequedad o humedad, etc. 2. Nivel o grado de calor que en un momento dado tiene un cuerpo o un ambiente. 3. Grado de elasticidad, resistencia o dureza de un material templado (tales como el vidrio, el metal, etc.). 4. Acción o efecto de templar materiales como el metal y el cristal (someterlo a un cambio brusco de temperatura para añadirle ciertas propiedades de resistencia).

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 temple

  • temples plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to temple

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is temple in Spanish?

temple appears 3.9 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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