temer
Portuguese, verb/teˈme(ʁ)/
temer is spelled T-E-M-E-R (5 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,069th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Temer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to fear (to feel fear about something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter medo”.
What does temer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fear (to feel fear about something)
Não tema!
- 2
to fear (to feel awe towards)
Todo bom cristão teme a Deus.
- 3
to be afraid (used to express sympathy)
Temo que não posso ajudar.
- 4
to fear (for), to worry (about) (to be concerned about)
Os médicos temem pela saúde do meu coração.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter medo 2. recear, ter medo de
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of temer
- temo first-person present singular
- temi first-person preterite singular
- temido participle past
- temeres infinitive second-person singular
- temermos first-person infinitive plural
- temerdes infinitive plural second-person
- temerem infinitive plural third-person
- temendo gerund
- temidos masculine participle past
- temida feminine participle past
- temidas feminine participle past
- temes indicative present second-person
- teme indicative present singular
- tememos first-person indicative plural
- temeis indicative plural present
- temem indicative plural present
- temia first-person imperfect indicative
- temias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce temer?
- Brazil /teˈme(ʁ)/
- Brazil [teˈme(h)]
- /teˈme(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to temer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is temer in Portuguese?
temer appears 29 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).