terneza
Spanish
Etymology
From tierno + -eza. Compare Catalan tendresa, French tendresse, Italian tenerezza, Romanian tinerețe, Aromanian tinireatsã, Old Sicilian tinirizza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teɾˈneθa/ [t̪eɾˈne.θa] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /teɾˈnesa/ [t̪eɾˈne.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -eθa (Spain)
- Rhymes: -esa (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: ter‧ne‧za
Noun
terneza f (plural ternezas)
- tenderness
- Synonym: ternura
Further reading
- “terneza”, 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