tenero

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [teˈnero]
  • Rhymes: -ero
  • Hyphenation: te‧ne‧ro

Noun

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tenero

  1. tenderness
    Synonym: tenereco

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (to stretch, draw).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ne.ro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnero
  • Hyphenation: tè‧ne‧ro
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Adjective

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tenero (feminine tenera, masculine plural teneri, feminine plural tenere, superlative tenerissimo)

  1. (also figurative) tender, soft; delicate, kind
    Synonyms: morbido, molle, delicato, gentile, indulgente, tenue
    Antonym: duro
  2. cute

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Noun

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tenero m (plural teneri)

  1. tender part, soft part
  2. love

Further reading

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  • tenero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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tenerō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tener