tiempo
time
Time, in all its senses — duration, moment, era, occasion
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linguistic
temporal
relating to time
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-o
noun suffix
Tiempo means time and is directly related to the English word temporal0, which means relating to time0. Temporal is literally the adjective form of tiempo.
tiempo
time
Time in general.
- No tengo tiempo para eso = I don't have time for that
- Necesito más tiempo = I need more time
time, times, day, days, age (era / period)
A particular stretch of history or someone's life — the same way English says "in my day" or "in the time of Caesar."
- En tiempos de la conquista = In the time of the conquest
- En aquellos tiempos = In those days
half, period (sports)
A timed division of a game, just like a musical tempo divides a piece into beats.
- Marcó un gol en el segundo tiempo = He scored a goal in the second half
tempo, beat (music)
In music, tempo is literally the "time" of a piece — how fast or slow the beat moves.
- El pianista perdió el tiempo = The pianist lost the beat
tense (grammar)
In grammar, a tense is literally a "time" — it places an action in the past, present, or future.
- El tiempo presente = The present tense
- ¿En qué tiempo está ese verbo? = What tense is that verb in?
tiempo
weather
The state of the atmosphere — weather
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linguistic
mnemonic
tempest
violent storm
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-o
noun suffix
Tiempo also means weather and is directly related to the English word tempest0. A tempest is the tiempo-est tiempo possible: a violent storm0.
tiempo
weather
The general atmospheric conditions — rain, sun, wind, cold.
- ¿Qué tiempo hace hoy? = What's the weather like today?
- El tiempo está muy nublado = The weather is very cloudy
- Hace buen tiempo = The weather is nice