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)

1. meritorious, worthy; deserving reward.

Italian

Adjective

merita

1. singular feminine of merito

Verb

merita

1. inflection of meritare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• -metria, -termia, mirate, remati, rimate, tremai

Latin

Participle

merita

1. inflection of meritus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

meritā

1. 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. First attested in 1827.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /me.riˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: me‧ri‧ta

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Verb

a merita (third-person singular present merită, past participle meritat) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to deserve, to merit (a good or a bad thing)

   Synonyms: cuveni, (obsolete) meritarisi

   Meriți o bătaie!

   You deserve a whooping!

2. (intransitive) to be worth it

   Mai merită să faci o facultate?

   Is it still worth it to attend college?

Usage notes

In popular usage, especially among less educated speakers, the second sense is frequently used reflexively (se merita. This widespread variation of the verb is however unilaterally proscribed by the language authority.

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

References

• merita in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Verb

merita

1. inflection of meritar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative