/ˈtɛnro/, [ˈt̪ɛn.rʊ]
OrixeFirst attested in 1409. From Old Galician-Portuguese *tẽero, from Latin tenerum, accusative of tener. Cognate with Portuguese tenro, Spanish tierno and English tender.
- tender (soft and easily chewed)
- tender (physically weak)
“Digo que o potro, porque é tenro e mole das carnes, que o deven liar, quando o fillaren, con corda de lãa grosa levemente e mansamente, por[que] a lãa é máis ligeira que o liño” — I say that the colt, because he is tender and soft in his flesh, must be tied, whenever they catch him, with a thick rope of wool, softly and meekly, because wool is lighter than flax
- tender (fond, loving, gentle, sweet)
Formastenra(feminine) · tenros(masculine, plural) · tenras(feminine, plural)