mexerica

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ʃeˈɾi.kɐ/, /mi.ʃiˈɾi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ʃeˈɾi.kɐ/, /mi.ʃiˈɾi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ʃeˈɾi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ʃɨˈɾi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: me‧xe‧ri‧ca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mexericar. Alternatively, mexericar +‎ -ica

Noun

mexerica f (plural mexericas)

1. (Brazil) mandarin orange (fruit of the Citrus reticulata tree)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tangerina

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mexerica

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