merecer
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *merēscere, from Latin merēre.
Verb
editmerecer (first-person singular present merezo, first-person singular preterite merecín, past participle merecido)
- (transitive) to deserve, to merit
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of merecer (c-z alternation)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “merecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Vulgar Latin *merēscere, from Latin merēre.
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: me‧re‧cer
Verb
editmerecer (first-person singular present mereço, first-person singular preterite mereci, past participle merecido)
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of merecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Derived terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *merēscere, from Latin merēre.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Spain) /meɾeˈθeɾ/ [me.ɾeˈθeɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /meɾeˈseɾ/ [me.ɾeˈseɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: me‧re‧cer
Verb
editmerecer (first-person singular present merezco, first-person singular preterite merecí, past participle merecido)
- to deserve
- Mereces mucho más que esto.
- You deserve a lot more than this.
- (Argentina, vulgar, slang, dated) to have sex, used especially when talking about a nubile girl
- Ella está en edad de merecer.
- She is of the age of deserving.
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of merecer (c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of merecer (c-zc alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “merecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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