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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

tenro

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈtẽ.nu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tender/ˈtɛn.dər/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A carne estava perfeitamente cozida, tenra e suculenta."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Soft or delicate in texture or substance.

    "The steak was perfectly cooked, tender and juicy."
As noun
  1. 1

    An offer or proposal, especially in a formal context.

    "The company submitted a tender for the construction project."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'tender', originating from the Old French 'tender' (modern 'tendre'), which itself comes from the Latin 'tener', meaning soft, delicate, or youthful. Over time, the semantic scope expanded from physical softness and vulnerability to emotional gentleness, and later developed distinct legal and financial senses regarding formal offers.

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