merreca
Appearance
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
- Hyphenation: mer‧re‧ca
Noun
[edit]merreca f (plural merrecas)
- (informal, Brazil) trifle (small amount, especially when referring to money and wages)
- Só dez reais? Isso é uma merreca!
- Only ten reais? That's a trifle!
Further reading
[edit]- “merreca”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
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