meretriz

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin meretrīcem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾeˈtɾis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾeˈtɾis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.ɾeˈtɾiʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾɨˈtɾiʃ/

• Hyphenation: me‧re‧triz

Noun

meretriz f (plural meretrizes)

1. hooker, whore, prostitute

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta

Related terms

• merecer
• merenda
• meretrício
• mérito

 

Further reading

• “meretriz”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin meretrīcem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meɾeˈtɾiθ/ [me.ɾeˈt̪ɾiθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /meɾeˈtɾis/ [me.ɾeˈt̪ɾis]
• Rhymes: -iθ
• Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: me‧re‧triz

Noun

meretriz f (plural meretrices)

1. hooker, whore, prostitute

   Synonym: prostituta

   • 1885, Leopoldo Alas, chapter 1, in La Regenta, volume 1, published 2006, →ISBN:

     Pero, sin pensarlo, daba una intención lúbrica y cínica a su mirada, como una meretriz de calleja, que anuncia su triste comercio con los ojos, sin que la policía pueda reivindicar los derechos de la moral pública.

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Further reading

• “meretriz”, 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