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Pronunciation
Noun
tenero
- tenderness
- Synonym: tenereco
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tenero (feminine tenera, masculine plural teneri, feminine plural tenere, superlative tenerissimo)
- (also figurative) tender, soft; delicate, kind
- Synonyms: morbido, molle, delicato, gentile, indulgente, tenue
- Antonym: duro
- cute
Derived terms
Noun
tenero m (plural teneri)
- tender part, soft part
- love
Further reading
- tenero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
tenerō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of tener