merma
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]merma f (plural mermas)
- decline
- Synonym: declive
- una merma económica
- an economic decline
- 1884-1885, Benito Pérez Galdós, Lo prohibido:
- El año 83 hallome, pues, con una merma considerable en mi fortuna y con cierta tendencia a trocar la condición de rentista por la de propietario.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2021, Ricardo García Manrique, Se vende cuerpo:
- De acuerdo con ella, toda interferencia en la esfera de acción de un sujeto supone una merma de libertad.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (economics) shrinkage
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]merma
- inflection of mermar:
Further reading
[edit]- “merma”, 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
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