terneza

Spanish

Etymology

From tierno +‎ -eza. Compare Catalan tendresa, French tendresse, Italian tenerezza, Romanian tinerețe, Aromanian tinireatsã, Old Sicilian tinirizza.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /teɾˈneθa/ [t̪eɾˈne.θa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /teɾˈnesa/ [t̪eɾˈne.sa]
(Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
(Latin America) Rhymes: -esa
Syllabification: ter‧ne‧za

Noun

terneza f (plural ternezas)

tenderness
Synonym: ternura

Further reading

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

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