merdento

Galician

Etymology

From merda (“shit”) +‎ -ento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛɾˈðento̝/, /mɛɾˈðɛnto̝/

Adjective

merdento (feminine merdenta, masculine plural merdentos, feminine plural merdentas)

1. shitty (covered in crap)

   Synonyms: cotrañoso, merdeiro, porcallento

2. shitty (unpleasant; miserable; unimportant)

   Non fagas tratos con el que é un merdento. ― Don't make business with him: he's a shitty person.

Noun

merdento m (plural merdentos)

1. skua (Stercorarius skua)

   Synonym: palleira

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “merdento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “merdento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “merdento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN