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/
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /teɻˈnu.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /teʁˈnu.ɾa/ [teɦˈnu.ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɨɾˈnu.ɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -uɾɐ
- Hyphenation: ter‧nu‧ra
Noun
ternura f (plural ternuras)
Further reading
- “ternura”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ternura”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025