merecedor

Galician

Etymology

From merecer +‎ -dor.

Adjective

merecedor (feminine merecedora, masculine plural merecedores, feminine plural merecedoras)

1. deserving

Further reading

• “merecedor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From merecer +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [me.ɾe.seˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [me.ɾe.seˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /me.ɾe.seˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [me.ɾe.seˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾe.seˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈdoɾ/ [mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈdoɾ/ [mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈdo.ɾi/ [mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: me‧re‧ce‧dor

Adjective

merecedor (feminine merecedora, masculine plural merecedores, feminine plural merecedoras, comparable)

1. deserving

Spanish

Etymology

From merecer +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meɾeθeˈdoɾ/ [me.ɾe.θeˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /meɾeseˈdoɾ/ [me.ɾe.seˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: me‧re‧ce‧dor

Adjective

merecedor (feminine merecedora, masculine plural merecedores, feminine plural merecedoras)

1. deserving
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

     Los altos cielos que de vuestra divinidad divinamente con las estrellas os fortifican y os hacen merecedora del merecimiento que merece la vuestra grandeza...

     The high heavens, that of your divinity divinely fortify you with the stars, render you deserving of the desert your greatness deserves...

Related terms

• merecimiento

 

Further reading

• “merecedor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10