temperamentales

Temperamentales is a term found in Spanish-language writing that can function as a noun or adjective to refer to people characterized by temperament, often with volatile or variable moods. In many contexts it appears in historical or literary texts rather than in contemporary clinical psychology. As a noun, temperamental individuals may be described collectively as a group of tempermentales; as an adjective, temperamental describes traits associated with temperament.

Etymology and grammar: the word derives from temperamento or temperamento, linked to the Latin temperamentum. The plural form temperamental es follows standard Spanish grammar for adjectives ending in -al, used for masculine, feminine, singular, and plural forms in practical usage. The term is more commonly encountered in older or stylized registers than in everyday modern prose.

Context and usage: historically, temperamental people might be categorized by temperament, sometimes in reference to humoral theory (such as sanguine, choleric, melancholic, or phlegmatic dispositions). In contemporary psychology and social science, scholars more often discuss temperament in terms of trait theory or specific behavioral descriptors rather than employing the standalone plural noun temperamental es.

See also: Temperament, Temperament (humor), Personality, Mood, Trait (psychology).