temer

See also: témer and téměř

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese temer, from Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō (“I fear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /te.ˈme(ʁ)/
  • IPA^(key): [te.ˈme(ɹ)], [-(ɾ)]
  • IPA^(key): [te.ˈme(ɻ)], [-(ɾ)]
• IPA^(key): /tɨ.ˈmeɾ/
• Hyphenation: te‧mer

Verb

1. (intransitive, transitive) to fear (to feel fear about something)

   Não tema! ― Don’t be afraid!

   Eu temo o dia em que ninguém more mais aqui.

   I fear the day no one lives here any more.

   Synonym: ter medo (de)

   Antonym: destemer

2. (chiefly religion, transitive with a) to fear (to feel awe towards)

   Todo bom cristão teme a Deus.

   Every good Christian fears God.

3. (subordinating) to be afraid (used to express sympathy)

   Temo que não posso ajudar. ― I’m afraid I can’t help.

4. (transitive with por) to fear for; to worry about (to be concerned about)

   Os médicos temem pela saúde do meu coração.

   The doctors fear for the health of my heart.

   Synonym: preocupar-se com

Related terms

• destemor
• temência
• temente
• temerando
• temerosamente
• temeroso
• temível
• temívelmente
• temor
• temorizar
• temoroso

 

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun) temair
• (Sutsilvan) tamer
• (Surmiran) tameir
• (Puter, Vallader) tmair

Etymology

From Latin timeō, timēre.

Verb

temer

1. (Sursilvan) to fear, be afraid (of), be frightened (of)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of temer (Sursilvan)

infinitive			temer
gerund			temend
past participle			temiu
	singular			plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
present	temel	temas	tema	temein	temeis	teman
imperfect	temavel	temavas	temava	temavan	temavas	temavan
future	vegnel a temer	vegns a temer	vegn a temer	vegnin a temer	vegnis a temer	vegnan a temer
conditional	jeu	ti	el/ella	nus	vus	els/ellas
direct present	temess	temesses	temess	temessen	temesses	temessen
indirect present	temessi	temessies	temessi	temessien	temessies	temessien
direct future	vegness a temer	vegnesses a temer	vegness a temer	vegnessen a temer	vegnesses a temer	vegnessen a temer
indirect future	vegnessi a temer	vegnessies a temer	vegnessi a temer	vegnessien a temer	vegnessies a temer	vegnessien a temer
subjunctive	che jeu	che ti	ch'el/ch'ella	che nus	che vus	ch'els/ch'ellas
present	temi	temies	temi	temeien	temeies	temien
past	temevi	temevies	temevi	temevien	temevies	temevien
future	vegni a temer	vegnies a temer	vegni a temer	vegnîen a temer	vegnîes a temer	vegnien a temer
imperative	—	ti	—	—	vus	—
		tema			temei

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈcemer]

Adverb

temer

1. almost, nearly

   Synonyms: skoro, takmer

Further reading

• “temer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō.

Verb

1. (transitive, intransitive) to fear
   • 2006, Llamada a cuestionar - Una autobiografía espiritual Chittister, Joan D. 1a. ed., Editorial San Pablo →ISBN, page 87

     Temo que he hecho mal todas las cosas en la vida, he tomado mal las decisiones. Temo quedar atrapada por lo que esperan otras personas de mí.

     I'm afraid that I've done everything in life wrong, that I've made bad decisions. I'm afraid of being trapped by what other people expect of me.

2. to dread
3. (reflexive) to be feared

Related terms

• temedor
• temeridad
• temeroso
• temor
• tímido
• temible

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001

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Venetian

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō. Compare Italian temere.

Verb

temer

1. (transitive) to fear

Conjugation

• Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of temer (second conjugation)

infinitive	temer
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		teméndo
past participle		temato
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	temo	(te) temi	(el/ła) teme	temémo	temì	(i/łe) teme
imperfect	teméa	(te) temivi	(el/ła) teméa	temévimo	temivi	(i/łe) teméa
future	temarò	(te) temarè	(el/ła) temarà	temarémo	temarè	(i/łe) temarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	temarìa	(te) temarisi	(el/ła) temarìa	temarìsimo	temarisi	(i/łe) temarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	tema	(te) temi	(el/ła) tema	temémo	temì	(i/łe) tema
imperfect	temése	(te) temisi	(el/ła) temése	temésimo	temisi	(i/łe) temése
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) temi	(el/ła) tema	temémo	temì	(i/łe) tema