terneza
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) /teɾˈnesa/ [t̪eɾˈne.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -eθa
- (Latin America) 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