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From Old Galician-Portuguese temer, from Latin timēre.
temer (first-person singular present temo, first-person singular preterite temín, past participle temido)
temer (first-person singular present temo, first-person singular preterite temim or temi, past participle temido, reintegrationist norm)
- to fear; to worry; to dread
- 1294, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 269:
eu Roy Garcia, clerigo de San Christouoo de Lestedo, temendo o dya da morte e o dya do juyço e deseyando o çelestyal reyno, faço despeemento e testamento de mya alma e de meu corpo e de meu auer
I, Roi Garcia, priest of [the parish church of] San Critovo de Lestedo, fearing the day of my dead and the Judgment Day, and desiring the Heavenly Kingdom, I make dispatchment and testament of my soul and of my body and of my assets
- 1294, J. L. Novo Cazón, editor, El priorato santiaguista de Vilar de Donas en la Edad Media (1194-1500), A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 269:
| | Singular | Plural | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | First-person(eu) | Second-person(ti / tu) | Third-person(ele / ela / você) | First-person(nós) | Second-person(vós) | Third-person(eles / elas / vocês) | | | Infinitive | | | | | | | | Impersonal | temer | | | | | | | Personal | temer | temeres | temer | temermos | temerdes | temerem | | Gerund | | | | | | | | | temendo | | | | | | | | Past participle | | | | | | | | Masculine | temido | temidos | | | | | | Feminine | temida | temidas | | | | | | Indicative | | | | | | | | Present | temo | temes | teme | tememos | temedes, temeis | temem | | Imperfect | temia | temias | temia | temíamos | temíades, temíeis, _temíais_1 | temiam | | Preterite | temim, temi | temeste, _temeche_1 | temeu | tememos | temestes | temêrom, temeram | | Pluperfect | temera | temeras | temera | temêramos | temêrades, temêreis, _temêrais_1 | temeram | | Future | temerei | temerás | temerá | temeremos | temeredes, temereis | temerám, temerão | | Conditional | temeria | temerias | temeria | temeríamos | temeríades, temeríeis, temeríais1 | temeriam | | Subjunctive | | | | | | | | Present | tema | temas | tema | temamos | temades, temais | temam | | Imperfect | temesse | temesses | temesse | temêssemos | temêssedes, temêsseis | temessem | | Future | temer | temeres | temer | temermos | temerdes | temerem | | Imperative | | | | | | | | Affirmative | | teme | tema | temamos | temede, temei | temam | | Negative (nom) | nom temas | nom tema | nom temamos | nom temades, nom temais | nom temam | |
- temeroso
- temor
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “temer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “temer”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “temer”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “temer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “temer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “temer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “temer”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “temer”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- IPA(key): /teˈmer/
- Rhymes: -er
- Hyphenation: te‧mér
temer
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese temer, from Latin timēre (“to fear”).
Hyphenation: te‧mer
temer (first-person singular present temo, first-person singular preterite temi, past participle temido)
- (intransitive, transitive) to fear (to feel fear about something)
Synonym: ter medo (de)
Antonym: destemer
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. - (intransitive, chiefly religion) to fear (to feel awe towards) [with_ a ‘someone, e.g. a deity’]
_Todo bom cristão teme a Deus.
Every good Christian fears God. - (subordinating) to be afraid (used to express sympathy)
Temo que não posso ajudar. ― I’m afraid I can’t help. - (intransitive) to fear (for), to worry (about) (to be concerned about) [with_ por ‘someone/something’]
Synonym: preocupar-se com
_Os médicos temem pela saúde do meu coração.
The doctors fear for the health of my heart.
“temer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“temer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
From Latin timeō, timēre.
temer
- (Sursilvan) to fear, be afraid (of), be frightened (of)
temer
- “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, 2003–2026
temer (first-person singular present temo, first-person singular preterite temí, past participle temido)
- (ambitransitive) to fear
- 2006, Llamada a cuestionar, 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.
- 2006, Llamada a cuestionar, Editorial San Pablo, →ISBN, page 87:
- to dread
- (reflexive) to be afraid, sorry; to suspect
Synonym: sospechar
Me temo que perderemos el juego.
I'm afraid we'll lose the game.
Me temo que sí.
I'm afraid so.
Selected combined forms of temer
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| | singular | plural | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | | | | with infinitive temer | dative | temerme | temerte | temerle, temerse | temernos | temeros | temerles, temerse | | accusative | temerme | temerte | temerlo, temerla, temerse | temernos | temeros | temerlos, temerlas, temerse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund temiendo | dative | temiéndome | temiéndote | temiéndole, temiéndose | temiéndonos | temiéndoos | temiéndoles, temiéndose | | accusative | temiéndome | temiéndote | temiéndolo, temiéndola, temiéndose | temiéndonos | temiéndoos | temiéndolos, temiéndolas, temiéndose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative teme | dative | témeme | témete | témele | témenos | not used | témeles | | accusative | témeme | témete | témelo, témela | témenos | not used | témelos, témelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative temé | dative | tememe | temete | temele | temenos | not used | temeles | | accusative | tememe | temete | temelo, temela | temenos | not used | temelos, temelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative tema | dative | témame | not used | témale, témase | témanos | not used | témales | | accusative | témame | not used | témalo, témala, témase | témanos | not used | témalos, témalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative temamos | dative | not used | temámoste | temámosle | temámonos | temámoos | temámosles | | accusative | not used | temámoste | temámoslo, temámosla | temámonos | temámoos | temámoslos, temámoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative temed | dative | temedme | not used | temedle | temednos | temeos | temedles | | accusative | temedme | not used | temedlo, temedla | temednos | temeos | temedlos, temedlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative teman | dative | témanme | not used | témanle | témannos | not used | témanles, témanse | | accusative | témanme | not used | témanlo, témanla | témannos | not used | témanlos, témanlas, témanse | |
“temer”, 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
From Latin timēre. Compare Italian temere.
temer
- (transitive) to fear
* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.