# ternura

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /tɨɾ.ˈnu.ɾɐ/ · frequency rank #21,317

## Definitions
1. tendência para os sentimentos brandos
2. carinho
3. meiguice

## Easily confused with
- **terra** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ternura-vs-terra)
- **tortura** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ternura-vs-tortura)
- **textura** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ternura-vs-textura)
- **tesoura** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ternura-vs-tesoura)

## Common misspellings (10)
`etrnura`, `tenrura`, `ternnura`, `ternrua`, `ternuar`, `ternurra`, `terrnura`, `terunra`, `trenura`, `tternura`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/ternura