merita
See also: Merita, meritá, and mérita
Esperanto
Etymology
meriti + -a
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [meˈrita]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Hyphenation: me‧ri‧ta
Adjective
merita (accusative singular meritan, plural meritaj, accusative plural meritajn)
- meritorious, worthy; deserving reward.
Italian
Adjective
merita
- singular feminine of merito
Verb
merita
- inflection of meritare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- -metria, -termia, mirate, remati, rimate, tremai
Latin
Participle
merita
- inflection of meritus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural
Participle
meritā
- ablative feminine singular of meritus
References
- merita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French mériter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.riˈta/
Verb
a merita (third-person singular present merită, past participle meritat) 1st conj.
- to deserve, to merit (both in a positive as well as negative sense)
- Synonyms: cuveni, (archaic) meritarisi
- Meriți o bătaie! ― You deserve a whooping!
- Mai merită să faci facultate? ― Is it still worth it to attend college?
Usage notes
- In popular usage, especially among lower educated speakers, this verb is frequently used reflexively, i.e. se merita. This widespread variation of the verb is however unilaterally proscribed by Romanian dictionaries.
Conjugation
conjugation of merita (first conjugation, no infix)
| infinitive | a merita | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | meritând | ||||||
| past participle | meritat | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | merit | meriți | merită | merităm | meritați | merită | |
| imperfect | meritam | meritai | merita | meritam | meritați | meritau | |
| simple perfect | meritai | meritași | merită | meritarăm | meritarăți | meritară | |
| pluperfect | meritasem | meritaseși | meritase | meritaserăm | meritaserăți | meritaseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să merit | să meriți | să merite | să merităm | să meritați | să merite | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | merită | meritați | |||||
| negative | nu merita | nu meritați | |||||
Spanish
Verb
merita
- inflection of meritar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative