mierda
English
Etymology
Directly from Spanish mierda, from Latin merda. Doublet of merde.
Noun
mierda (uncountable)
- (Canada, US, neologism, vulgar, in Spanish contexts) Shit.
Usage notes
- Usually italicized as a foreign word.
Anagrams
- Admire, Dimare, Merida, Mérida, admier, admire, raimed
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin merda. See Spanish mierda, French merde.
Noun
mierda f (plural mierdas)
- (vulgar) shit
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “mierda”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin merda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmjeɾda/, [ˈmjeɾ.ð̞a]
Interjection
mierda
- (vulgar) shit (expression of worry, failure)
Noun
mierda f (plural mierdes)
- shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel)
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish mierda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmjeɾda/ [ˈmjeɾ.ð̞a]
Audio (Peru) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾda
- Syllabification: mier‧da
Noun
mierda f (plural mierdas)
- (vulgar) shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.)
- (vulgar) shit
- ¡Vete a la mierda!
- Go to hell!
- (literally, “Go to shit”)
- ¡Tu hombre [no] vale mierda! ("no" is optional)
- Your man isn't worth shit!
- Odio este pueblucho de mierda
- I hate this shitty little town
- (vulgar) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms
- a la mierda
- cabeza de mierda
- comemierda
- de mierda
- mandar a la mierda
- mierda de toro
- mierda pinchada en un palo
- mucha mierda
- ruedamierda
- saco de mierda
- una mierda
- vete a la mierda
- y una mierda
Interjection
¡mierda!
- (Spain) shit! (expression of worry, failure, shock, only for negative situations)
- Synonyms: joder, hostia
Further reading
- “mierda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- "mierda" at Oxford Dictionaries