English-Portuguese translations for tenderness

• ternura
  Trata-se de demonstrar amor e ternura, trata-se da dádiva da vida, de reproduzir a vida e de fidelidade. It is about showing love and tenderness, about the gift of life, about carrying life forward and about faithfulness.
  O relatório da senhora deputada Carrère d'Encausse aborda todos esses problemas com muita sensibilidade, com ternura política, diria eu, mas também com realismo. The report by Mrs Carrère d'Encausse touches upon all these problems with sensitivity, I would even say with political tenderness, but also with realism.

Definition of tenderness

• a tendency to express warm, compassionate feelings
• concern for the feelings or welfare of others
• pain or discomfort when an affected area is touched

Examples

• When the lovers were together, their cold indifference gave way to love and tenderness.
• When they saw the poor orphans, they were overwhelmed with tenderness for them.
• He noted her extreme tenderness when he touched the bruise on her thigh.

Related words

• tender
• attender
• pretender
• contender
• bartender
• tenderloin
• goaltender
• tenderer
• tenderly