tenro

== Galician == === Etymology === First attested in 1409. From Old Galician-Portuguese *tẽero, from Latin tenerum, accusative of tener. Cognate with Portuguese tenro, Spanish tierno and English tender. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɛnro/ [ˈt̪ɛn.rʊ] Rhymes: -ɛnro Hyphenation: ten‧ro === Adjective === tenro (feminine tenra, masculine plural tenros, feminine plural tenras) (of food) tender (soft and easily chewed) tender (physically weak) tender (fond, loving, gentle, sweet) ==== Derived terms ==== tenramente tenreira tenreiro ==== Related terms ==== tenrura ==== Further reading ==== “tenro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “tenro”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tenro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tenro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tenro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tenro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese tẽero, from Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Compare its doublet terno. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === tenro (feminine tenra, masculine plural tenros, feminine plural tenras) tender (physically weak) (of food) tender (soft and easily chewed) Synonym: macio ==== Derived terms ==== tenramente === Further reading === “tenro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tenro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026