terneza
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From tierno + -eza. Compare Catalan tendresa, French tendresse, Italian tenerezza, Romanian tinerețe, Aromanian tinireatsã, Old Sicilian tinirizza.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /teɾˈneθa/ [t̪eɾˈne.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /teɾˈnesa/ [t̪eɾˈne.sa]
- Rhymes: -eθa
- Rhymes: -esa
- Syllabification: ter‧ne‧za
Noun
[edit]terneza f (plural ternezas)
- tenderness
- Synonym: ternura
Further reading
[edit]- “terneza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014