English-Italian translations for temperament

• carattere
  Reagiamo e abbiamo tutti reagito a seconda del nostro carattere e degli impegni che ci siamo assunti. Our response depends, and has depended, on our temperaments and on our commitments.
• temperamento
  Auspico che da parte sua non si domandasse se il mio temperamento non mi impedisse di essere diplomatico. I hope that on his part he was not questioning whether my temperament would prevent me from being diplomatic.
  Questi due uomini, così diversi per cultura e temperamento, hanno lavorato insieme nel corso degli anni ’50. These two men, who were so different in terms of culture and temperament, worked together throughout the 1950s.

Definition of temperament

• A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions
• A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting
• The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key

Related words

• temperamental
• temperamentality
• equal temperament
• just temperament