Meaning
to sharpen
- To sharpen a pencil with a sharpener
- To temper or mitigate (e.g. steel, emotions, climate)
In a sentence
Devo temperare questa matita perché si è rotta la punta.
I need to sharpen this pencil because the tip broke.
Mi presti il temperino per temperare i colori?
Can you lend me the sharpener to sharpen my colored pencils?
Ha temperato tutte le matite prima dell'esame di disegno.
He sharpened all the pencils before the drawing exam.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| temperare | infinitive |
| tempero | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| temperi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tempera | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| temperiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| temperate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| temperano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| temperavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| temperavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| temperava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| temperavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| temperavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| temperavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| temperai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| temperasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| temperò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| temperammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| temperaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| temperarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| tempererò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| tempererai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| tempererà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| tempereremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| tempererete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| tempereranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| temperi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| temperi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| temperi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| temperiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| temperiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| temperino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| temperassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| temperassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| temperasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| temperassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| temperaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| temperassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| tempererei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| tempereresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| tempererebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| tempereremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| temperereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| tempererebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| tempera | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| temperiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| temperate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| temperando | gerund |
| temperato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- In everyday contexts, usually means sharpening a pencil (using a 'temperamatite').
- Takes auxiliary 'avere' in compound tenses.