destempero
Portuguese, noun/des.tẽˈpe.ɾu/
destempero is spelled D-E-S-T-E-M-P-E-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 122,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destempero is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “distemper (lack of temperance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of destemperar.
What does destempero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedistemper (lack of temperance)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of destemperar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of destempero
- destemperos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destempero?
- Brazil /des.tẽˈpe.ɾu/
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.tẽˈpe.ɾu/
- Brazil /des.tẽˈpɛ.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is destempero in Portuguese?
destempero appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).