ternero

ternero m (feminine ternera)

1. calf (a young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo)

   Synonym: bezerro

   • 1997, Salamon Bicerano, Relatos en lingua judeo-espanyola‎^[1], Gözlem Gazetecilik Basın ve Yayın A.Ş., →ISBN, page 182:

     A penas se sintieron libero de no ser mas siervos de Ayifto i, en la esperanza de un mesejio divino kon el Dekalogo, se toparon adorando delantre del ternero (buzak) de oro, i fueron salvados a la ultima ora, por Moşe Rabenu.

     They hardly felt free of not being Egypt’s slaves, and, in hopes of a divine message with the Decalogue, they were found worshipping in front of a golden calf, and Rabbi Moses saved them at the last minute.

• “ternero”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim

From tierno +‎ -ero.

• IPA^(key): /teɾˈneɾo/ [t̪eɾˈne.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: ter‧ne‧ro

ternero m (plural terneros, feminine ternera, feminine plural terneras)

1. calf (a young cow or bull of any bovid, such as domestic cattle or buffalo)

   Synonyms: becerro (“bull calf”), vaquilla (“heifer”)

• “ternero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024