templanza
See also: Templanza
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin temperantia, from temperāns (“observing moderation, sober”). Doublet of temperancia, which was borrowed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /temˈplanθa/ [t̪ẽmˈplãn̟.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /temˈplansa/ [t̪ẽmˈplãn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -anθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -ansa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: tem‧plan‧za
Noun
templanza f (uncountable)
- temperance, moderation, sobriety
- Synonyms: discreción, moderación, sobriedad
Related terms
Further reading
- “templanza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024