ternura
Portuguese, noun/teʁˈnu.ɾɐ/
ternura is spelled T-E-R-N-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,106th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ternura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tenderness, affection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tendência para os sentimentos brandos”.
What does ternura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetenderness, affection
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tendência para os sentimentos brandos 2. carinho 3. meiguice
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ternura
- ternuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ternura?
- Brazil /teʁˈnu.ɾɐ/
- Brazil [teɦˈnu.ɾɐ]
- /teɾˈnu.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ternura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ternura in Portuguese?
ternura appears 2.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).