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] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /teɾˈnesa/ [t̪eɾˈne.sa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eθa (Equatorial Guinea, 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025