destemperar
Portuguese, verb/des.tẽ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
destemperar is spelled D-E-S-T-E-M-P-E-R-A-R (11 letters). Destemperar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to untemper (metal), to cause to lose temper” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does destemperar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to untemper (metal), to cause to lose temper
- 2
to make (food) lose flavor, to make insipid
- 3
to dilute, to weaken (an alcoholic drink)
- 4
to dilute (paint)
- 5
to change the temperature of (liquid) by adding more liquid
- 6
to cause (an instrument or voice) to go out of tune
- 7
to go out of tune
- 8
to confuse, to disjoint
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of destemperar
- destempero first-person present singular
- destemperei first-person preterite singular
- destemperado participle past
- destemperares infinitive second-person singular
- destemperarmos first-person infinitive plural
- destemperardes infinitive plural second-person
- destemperarem infinitive plural third-person
- destemperando gerund
- destemperados masculine participle past
- destemperada feminine participle past
- destemperadas feminine participle past
- destemperas indicative present second-person
- destempera indicative present singular
- destemperamos first-person indicative plural
- destemperais indicative plural present
- destemperam indicative plural present
- destemperava first-person imperfect indicative
- destemperavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destemperar?
- Brazil /des.tẽ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.tẽ.peˈɾa(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.tẽ.peˈɾa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.