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tempo

Spanish, noun/ˈtempo/

tempo is spelled T-E-M-P-O (5 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,583rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tempo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “tempo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Velocidad del ritmo marcado por el compás”.

What does tempo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinetempo

  2. 2

    masculinetempo

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Variante obsoleta de tiempo. 2. Velocidad del ritmo marcado por el compás.

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 tempo

  • tempos plural

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

How do you pronounce tempo?

  • /ˈtempo/
  • [ˈt̪ẽm.po]
  • [ˈt̪ẽmpo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to tempo

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

How common is tempo in Spanish?

tempo appears 2.1 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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