ternura

Portuguese

Etymology

From terno (“tender”) +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /teʁˈnu.ɾɐ/ [teɦˈnu.ɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /teɾˈnu.ɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /teʁˈnu.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /teɻˈnu.ɾa/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɨɾˈnu.ɾɐ/

Rhymes: -uɾɐ
Hyphenation: ter‧nu‧ra

Noun

ternura f (plural ternuras)

tenderness, affection

Spanish

Etymology

From tierno +‎ -ura.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /teɾˈnuɾa/ [t̪eɾˈnu.ɾa]
Rhymes: -uɾa
Syllabification: ter‧nu‧ra

Noun

ternura f (plural ternuras)

tenderness
Synonym: terneza

Further reading

“ternura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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