tempo
Portuguese, noun/ˈtẽ.pu/
tempo is spelled T-E-M-P-O (5 letters) and appears 1,047 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 86th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tempo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “time (the progression from the present into the future)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “continuum linear não-espacial no qual os eventos se sucedem irreversivelmente”.
What does tempo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetime (the progression from the present into the future)
- 2
masculinetime (quantity of availability of duration)
Não há tempo para explicar, entra no carro!
- 3
masculinea duration of time, especially a long one
Ficara muito tempo na cadeia.
- 4
masculineweather (state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place)
- 5
masculinetime; era; period
O tempo dos dinossauros.
- 6
masculineseason (part of a year when something particular happens)
É tempo de colheita.
- 7
masculinetense (forms of a verb which distinguish when an action occurs)
- 8
masculinea subdivision of the duration of a match (such as halves in football, quarters in basketball)
interjection
- 1
time out (call for a time-out)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. continuum linear não-espacial no qual os eventos se sucedem irreversivelmente 2. duração limitada, por oposição à ideia de eternidade 3. período, momento 4. época
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 tempo
- tempos plural
- tẽpo alternative abbreviation obsolete
- tempo! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tempo?
- Brazil /ˈtẽ.pu/
- Portugal /ˈtẽ.pu/
- Brazil /ˈtẽm.pʊ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
tempo appears 1,047 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).