templar

Signification

1. (transitive) to temper (to moderate or control)
2. to cool down
3. to warm up
4. to cool off
5. to calm down, chill out
6. to tune (a musical instrument)
7. to move the cape

Coupé comme

tem‧plar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/temˈplaɾ/

Étymologie

Inherited from Old Spanish temprar, tenprar, from Latin temperāre; the -l- in the modern Spanish word was a result of hypercorrection of a popular tendency to use -pr- in place of -pl- in many medieval Ibero-Romance languages (something which persisted in Portuguese, cf. praça, prato). Doublet of temperar, a borrowing.