tenro

Galician

Etymology

First attested in 1409. From Old Galician-Portuguese *tẽero, from Latin tenerum, accusative of tener. Cognate with Portuguese tenro, Spanish tierno and English tender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnro/ [ˈt̪ɛn.rʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛnro
• Hyphenation: ten‧ro

Adjective

tenro (feminine tenra, masculine plural tenros, feminine plural tenras)

1. (of food) tender (soft and easily chewed)
2. tender (physically weak)
   • 1409, G. Pérez Barcala, editor, A tradución galega do "Liber de medicina equorum" de Joradanus Ruffus, Santiago de Compostela: USC, page 149:

     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

3. tender (fond, loving, gentle, sweet)

Derived terms

• tenramente
• tenreira
• tenreiro

Related terms

• tenrura

Further reading

• “tenro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “tenro”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tenro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tenro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “tenro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tenro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese tẽero, from Latin tenerum, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Compare its doublet terno.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.ʁu/ [ˈtẽ.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.ʁu/ [ˈtẽ.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.ʁu/ [ˈtẽ.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.ʁo/ [ˈtẽ.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtẽ.ʁu/

Adjective

tenro (feminine tenra, masculine plural tenros, feminine plural tenras)

1. tender (physically weak)
2. (of food) tender (soft and easily chewed)

   Synonym: macio

Derived terms

• tenramente

Further reading

• “tenro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “tenro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025