- ternura
- f.tenderness.* * *ternura► nombre femenino1 tenderness, gentleness* * *SF1) (=sentimiento) tenderness; (=cariño) affection, fondness
miró a los niños con ternura — she looked fondly o tenderly at the children
2) * (=palabra) endearment* * *femenino tendernessme trata con mucha ternura — he's very kind to o gentle with me
* * *= tenderness.Ex. In addition to its weirdness, vitriol, and zaniness, the volume is characterized by solid good sense with an undertone of genuinely elegiac tenderness.* * *femenino tendernessme trata con mucha ternura — he's very kind to o gentle with me
* * *= tenderness.Ex: In addition to its weirdness, vitriol, and zaniness, the volume is characterized by solid good sense with an undertone of genuinely elegiac tenderness.
* * *ternurafemininetendernessla ternura de sus palabras the tenderness of her wordsme trata con mucha ternura he's very kind to o gentle with mesentía ternura por ella he felt very tender o he felt great tenderness toward(s) hercargarse a la ternura (Chi fam); to get all sloppy o lovey-dovey (colloq)* * *
ternura sustantivo femenino
tenderness;◊ con ternura tenderly
ternura sustantivo femenino tenderness
'ternura' also found in these entries:
English:
tenderness
- tenderly
* * *ternura nftenderness;con ternura tenderly;sentir ternura por algo/alguien to feel tenderness towards sth/sb* * *ternuraf tenderness* * *ternura nf: tenderness* * *ternura n tenderness
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.