Skip to content

templo

temple

noun TEM-ploh Less Common

Origin: From Latin templum, a sacred space marked out for augury.

Usage Note

Templo refers to a religious building of any faith, not exclusively Christian — a Buddhist templo, a Greek templo, a Masonic templo. For a Catholic church, iglesia (f) is more common in everyday speech. The anatomical 'temple' (side of the head) is sien (f), not templo, which is a false cognate trap.

Examples

"Visitamos un antiguo templo romano."

Natural Translation

We visited an ancient Roman temple.

Free starter pack

Building your Spanish vocabulary?

Get the 100 most common Spanish words as a free PDF — one email, no spam.

Explore Spanish by topic