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Spanish
Etymology
From tierno + -illa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /teɾˈniʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /teɾˈniʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /teɾˈniʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /teɾˈniʒa/
- Syllabification: ter‧ni‧lla
Noun
ternilla f (plural ternillas)
- (anatomy) cartilage
- Synonym: cartílago
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