meritar

Ido

Verb

meritar (present tense meritas, past tense meritis, future tense meritos, imperative meritez, conditional meritus)

1. to deserve, to merit

Conjugation

Conjugation of meritar

		present		past		future
infinitive		meritar		meritir		meritor
tense		meritas		meritis		meritos
conditional		meritus		—		—
imperative		meritez		—		—
adjective active participle		meritanta		meritinta		meritonta
adverbial active participle		meritante		meritinte		meritonte
nominal active participle	singular	meritanto		meritinto		meritonto
	plural	meritanti		meritinti		meritonti
adjective passive participle		meritata		meritita		meritota
adverbial passive participle		meritate		meritite		meritote
nominal passive participle	singular	meritato		meritito		meritoto
	plural	meritati		merititi		meritoti

Interlingua

Verb

meritar

1. to deserve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of meritar

infinitive		meritar
participle		present	perfect
		meritante	meritate
active		simple	perfect
	present	merita	ha meritate
	past	meritava	habeva meritate
	future	meritara	habera meritate
	conditional	meritarea	haberea meritate
	imperative	merita	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es meritate	ha essite meritate
	past	esseva meritate	habeva essite meritate
	future	essera meritate	habera essite meritate
	conditional	esserea meritate	haberea essite meritate
	imperative	sia meritate	—

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin meritāre, from meritus.

Verb

meritar (first-person singular present merito, first-person singular preterite merité, past participle meritado)

1. to merit, earn, deserve

   Synonym: merecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of meritar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			meritar
gerund			meritando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		meritado		meritada
		plural		meritados		meritadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	merito	meritastú meritásvos	merita	meritamos	meritáis	meritan
	imperfect	meritaba	meritabas	meritaba	meritábamos	meritabais	meritaban
	preterite	merité	meritaste	meritó	meritamos	meritasteis	meritaron
	future	meritaré	meritarás	meritará	meritaremos	meritaréis	meritarán
	conditional	meritaría	meritarías	meritaría	meritaríamos	meritaríais	meritarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	merite	meritestú meritésvos2	merite	meritemos	meritéis	meriten
	imperfect (ra)	meritara	meritaras	meritara	meritáramos	meritarais	meritaran
	imperfect (se)	meritase	meritases	meritase	meritásemos	meritaseis	meritasen
	future1	meritare	meritares	meritare	meritáremos	meritareis	meritaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		meritatú meritávos	merite	meritemos	meritad	meriten
	negative		no merites	no merite	no meritemos	no meritéis	no meriten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• demeritar

Related terms

• mérito

Further reading

• “meritar”, 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

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin meritāre, from meritus. Compare Italian meritare.

Verb

meritar

1. (transitive) to deserve or merit
2. (transitive) to be worthy of

Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of meritar (first conjugation)

infinitive	meritar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		meritando
past participle		merità
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	merito	(te) meriti	(el/ła) merita	meritémo, meritòn	merité	(i/łe) merita
imperfect	meritava	(te) meritavi	(el/ła) meritava	meritàvimo	meritavi	(i/łe) meritava
future	meritarò	(te) meritarè	(el/ła) meritarà	meritarémo	meritarè	(i/łe) meritarà
conditional	meritarìa	(te) meritarisi	(el/ła) meritarìa	meritarìsimo	meritarisi	(i/łe) meritarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	merite, merita	(te) meriti	(el/ła) merite, (el/ła) merita	meritémo, meritone	merité	(i/łe) merite, (i/łe) merita
imperfect	meritase	(te) meritasi	(el/ła) meritase	meritàsimo	meritasi	(i/łe) meritase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
	—	(te) merita	(el/ła) merita, (el/ła) merite	meritémo	merité	(i/łe) merita, (i/łe) merite

Related terms

• meritarse