10 calls per hour isn't a bad start, but we'll need to up thetempo if we want to reach our target of selling insurance policies.
(chess) Amove which is part of one's ownplan orstrategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
(bridge) The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first toinitiate astrategy to developtricks for one's side.
Thetiming of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
(music) The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples:allegro,andante)
A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries).
(American football) A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.
American football: rapid rate of play by the offense
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“tempo”, inKielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki:Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland),2004–, retrieved2023-07-03
Quetempo temos hoxe? ―What's theweather like today?
1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.),Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:
afreto de vos Juan de Bayona, marineiro, besiño da villa de Pontevedra, que sodes presente, a barcha que dizen por nome San Salvador, que Deus salve, de que vos sodes mestre, para que prasendo a Deus, carrege ẽna dita barcha tres mill çeramis de millo, medidos por la medida dereita da praça da dita villa de Pontevedra, para a costa de Biscaya, a qual dita barcha deve de ser cargada do dito millo doje ata quinse dias segintes et dende partir con a boa ventura do primeiro bootenpo que lle Deus der et en segimento de seu biajen ata o porto de Laredo et ende pousar ancla et estar tres dias hũu en pos de outro et enton devo eu, o dito mercador de dar devisa se iremos descargar aa vila de Vermeu ou aa vila de San Sabastian
I affreigt from you, Xoán de Baiona, sailor, citizen of the town of Pontevedra, here present, the ship called San Salvador, God bless her, whose master you are, for, if God pleases, loading aboard that ship three thousand bushels of millet, as measured by the right measure of the marketplace of the aforementioned town of Pontevedra, bound for the coast of Biscay; and the aforementioned ship must be loaded with the mentioned millet from today till fifteen next days, and then to depart with good winds during the first goodweather God gives, and following her journey till the harbour of Laredo, and there to cast anchor and stay for three days in a row, and then I, the aforementioned merchant, should send a message of whether we should go unload at the town of Bermeo or at the town of San Sebastian.
Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “tempo”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
1300s–1310s,Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, inInferno [Hell][4], lines64–66; republished asGiorgio Petrocchi, editor,La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][5], 2nd revised edition, Florence:publ.Le Lettere,1994:
Elena vedi, per cui tanto reo tempo si volse, e vedi 'l grande Achille, che con amore al fine combatteo.
You see Helen, for whom so much ruthlesstime passed; and you see the great Achilles, who in the end fought against Love.
1475,Angelo Poliziano, “Libro Ⅰ”, inStanze de messer Angelo Politiano cominciate per la giostra del magnifico Giuliano di Pietro de Medici[6], collected inPoesie Italiane by Saverio Orlando, Bologna: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, published1988, section 1,page41:
sì che i gran nomi e i fatti egregi e soli fortuna o morte otempo non involi
So that the illustrious names, and the simple, distinguished facts are not taken away by Fate, or Death, orTime
Potrei qui esporre, di fatti, in un albero genealogico, l’origine e la discendenza della mia famiglia e dimostrare come qualmente non solo ho conosciuto mio padre e mia madre, ma e gli antenati miei e le loro azioni, in un lungo decorso ditempo, non tutte veramente lodevoli.
I could indeed explain here, through a genealogic tree, the origin and descent of my family, and prove how not only I knew my father and mother, but also my ancestors and their deeds in a long stretch oftime, not all of them quite honorable.
beitempi! ―those were the days! (literally, “beautifultimes!”)
1300s–1310s,Dante Alighieri, “Canto V”, inInferno [Hell][10], lines121–123; republished asGiorgio Petrocchi, editor,La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate][11], 2nd revised edition, Florence:publ.Le Lettere,1994:
[…] Nessun maggior dolore che ricordarsi deltempo felice ne la miseria; e ciò sa ’l tuo dottore
There's no greater sorrow than remembering a happytime in misery, and your teacher knows that
1433–1440,Leon Battista Alberti, “Libro quarto [Fourth book]”, inI libri della famiglia[12],page274; collected in Cecil Grayson, editor,Leon Battista Alberti - Opere volgari[13], volume 1, Bari: Gius. Laterza e figli,1960:
Erano in que’tempi gli animi de’ dotti astronomi solliciti e pieni di varia espettazione
In thosedays, the souls of learned astronomers were heedful, and full of various expectations
Qual è la miglior maniera di prevenire i delitti? Le medesime pene sono elleno egualmente utili in tutti itempi? Qual’influenza hanno esse su i costumi?
What is the best way of preventing crimes? Are the same punishments equally useful at alltimes? What influence do they have on the customs?
primotempo, secondotempo ―firstpart, secondpart (of a film)
1922,La cultura musicale, volume 1[22], Bologna: Stabilimento tipografico Luigi Parma,page225:
Ritornando dunque, alla Sonata di Agostini, si tratta appunto di una sonata di contenuto musicale italiano. Il primotempo, ch'è più organico e concreto, s'inizia con un bel tema sereno e festoso
Getting back to Agostini's sonata, it is a sonata of italian musical content. The firstpart, which is more organic and concrete, starts off with a nice theme, serene and festive
E’ segni in cielo, al dolcetempo avversi, fará dolci e benigni il novo sole: e la dura stagion frigida e tarda non si conoscerá, s’ella si guarda.
And the new sun will make the signs in the sky, hostile to the sweetweather, sweet and benign; and the hard, cold, late season will not recognize itself, were she to look at itself
1567, “Del provedere, eleggere, et conservare le medicine semplici, e prima dell’acque [About Providing, Choosing, and Storing Simple Medicaments, and First About the Water]”, inRicettario fiorentino [Florentine Cookbook][25],page 8:
quando fussetempo asciutto, e senza pioggia, tolgasi di quella delle cisterne ben tenute, che conservino l’acqua pura, e senza alcuna qualità estranea
Were theweather to be dry, without rain, [water] is to be taken from well-kept tanks, maintaining the water pure, and without any foreign qualities
1605 [1304–1309], “Libro nono, Cap. ⅬⅩⅩⅩⅧ. Delle nuove colombaie, e colombi. [Ninth book, Chapter 88 - On new dovecotes, and doves]”, in Bastiano de' Rossi, transl.,Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on agriculture][26], Florence: published by Cosimo Giusti, translation ofRuralium commodorum libri Ⅻ byPietro De' Crescenzi,page481:
Dopo il detto tempo, s'apra loro, atempo nuvoloso, o vero sereno; ma meglio è atempo piovoso; imperocchè allora escono, e ritornan dentro, e non subito volano a lungi
After that time, open it [the dovecote] for them, with either cloudy or fairweather; although rainyweather is better, because that's when they go out, to return inside, without making long flights right away
Iltempo era chiuso, l’aria pesante, il cielo velato per tutto da una nuvola o da un nebbione uguale, inerte, che pareva negare il sole, senza prometter la pioggia
Theweather was suffocating, the air was oppressive, the sky completely covered by a neverending cloud, or fog, that seemed to deny the sun without promising rain
1820, Pietro Giannelli, “Lezione Ⅵ. Deltempo e del movimento. [Lesson 6 - Ontempo and movement]”, inGrammatica ragionata della musica [Reasoned grammar of music][29], 2nd edition, Venice: Tipografia Andrea Santini e figlio,page25:
Presto. significa un grado di movimento più celere dell'allegro.[…] Oltre[…] vi sono, iltempo giusto che indica un movimento moderato, nel quale le note esser devono ben marcate, ma con un grado di forza proporzionato alla diversa figura
Presto indicates a faster degree of movement thanallegro. There is alsotempogiusto, which indicates a moderate movement, wherein the notes are to be distinct, but with a degree of force proportional to different lengths
Ultimatamente concessa è licenza per la maggior parte al componitore di verso volgare in diversitempi delli verbi lasciar à banda l’ultima lettera finiente esso verbo
Lastly, who composes vulgar verses is largely allowed, in differenttenses of verbs, to leave out the last letter ending the verb
1540, Francesco Priscianese,Della lingua romana[31],page177:
Et cosi vedete itempi nel Verbo essere cinque, come di sopra si disse.
And thus you can see that thetenses of the verb are five, as said above.
1578,Breve institutione della grammatica italiana[32], Venice: Paolo Megietto,page31:
B si raddoppia in queste, come dubbio, subbio, debbo, che fa deggio, subbia, scabbia, et habbia verbo che haggia si dice. Gabbia, rabbia, obietto, che altramente oggetto, et itempi de Verbi come amarebbe, leggerebbe
The B is doubled in these [words], likedubbio,subbio,debbo – givingdeggio –subbia,scabbia andabbia, verb that also givesaggia.Gabbia,rabbia,obietto, alsooggetto, and thetenses of verbs such asamarebbe orleggerebbe
1625, Pietro Durante, “Il Verbo,ie suis”, inLa grammatica italiana per imparare la lingua francese [The Italian Grammar to Learn the French Language][33], Rome: Francesco Corbelletti,pages16–17:
Notate che ogni volta che voi mettete un de’tempi del verbosono in italiano co’l partecipiostato, in Francese s'hà da usare deltempo corrispondente del verbohavere a quel del verbosono
Notice how every time you use one of thetenses of the verbsono with the participlestato in Italian, in French you have to use thetense of the verbavere corresponding to that of the verbsono
1744, Jacopo Angelo Nelli, “De’ tempi del verbo: quanti, e quali sieno [About the tenses of verbs: how many and which ones there are]”, inGrammatica italiana: per uso de' giovanetti [Italian Grammar: for use by young people][34], Torino: Stamperia Reale,page43:
Le osservazioni state fatte sopra di ciò sono, che in ciascuno di questi modi si può fare, e soffrire l'azione in cinquetempi differenti
The remarks above say that in each of these moods, the action can be performed, or experienced, in five differenttenses
Sim, otempo passando desfoca devagar as lentes da memória, embala-nos pouco a pouco, ao sabor dos incidentes cotidianos, deixo a firma, arranjo outro emprego e outro(s) homem(ns), as cenas antigas vão perdendo seu brilho, mas ainda lembro Rodrigo.
