temper
 transitive verb
 temperar
EN That the right person should know tempered the asperity of his secret more even than his shyness had permitted him to imagine; and May Bartram was clearly right, because --well, because there she was.
GL Que a persoa axeitada o soubese temperaba a aspereza do segredo aínda máis do que lle permitira imaxina-la súa reticencia; e May Bartram era, claramente, a persoa axeitada, porque... ben, porque alí estaba.
 Fonte: BES (226)
noun
carácter
EN Their tempers, doubtless, are rendered pliant and malleable in the fiery furnace of domestic tribulation; and a curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering.
GL O seu carácter, sen dúbida, acaba sendo flexible e maleable no forno candente das tribulacións domésticas, e unha rifa despois de deitarse é máis eficaz ca tódolos sermóns do mundo para ensina-las virtudes da paciencia e do longo sufrimento.
Fonte: RIP (22)
temperamento
EN She was a disagreeable little woman, no longer young, who had quarreled with almost every one, owing to a temper which was self-assertive and a disposition to trample upon the rights of others.
GL Era unha muller miúda e desagradable, en idade madura, que pelexara con case todos, debido ó seu temperamento enérxico e certa predisposición a pisa-los dereitos alleos.
Fonte: ESP (613)
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