contemporáneo

See also: contemporaneo and contemporâneo

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *temp-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-der.?

Proto-Italic *tempos

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Ancient Greek καίρῐος (kaírĭos)sl.

Latin tempus

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Italic *-nos

Latin -nus

Latin -ānus

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Indo-European *-éyos

Proto-Italic *-ejos

Proto-Italic *-eos

Latin -eus

Latin -āneus

Latin contemporāneuslbor.

Spanish contemporáneo

Learned borrowing from Latin contemporāneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontempoˈɾaneo/ [kõn̪.t̪ẽm.poˈɾa.ne.o]
• Rhymes: -aneo
• Syllabification: con‧tem‧po‧rá‧ne‧o

Adjective

contemporáneo (feminine contemporánea, masculine plural contemporáneos, feminine plural contemporáneas)

1. contemporaneous

Derived terms

• contemporáneamente
• contemporaneidad
• latín contemporáneo

Further reading

• “contemporáneo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025