merecer
Portuguese
Verb
merecer (first-person singular present indicative mereço, past participle merecido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb merecer
Notes:
- This is a regular verb of the -er group.
- The last letter c is changed to ç, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these four possible sequences: -ça-, -ce-, -ci- and -ço-.
- Verbs with this conjugation include: acontecer, amanhecer, carecer, conhecer, descer, esquecer, merecer, parecer, reconhecer, tecer, vencer.
Spanish
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *merescere, from Latin merēre, present active infinitive of mereō.
Verb
merecer (first-person singular present merezco, first-person singular preterite merecí, past participle merecido)
- To deserve.
Conjugation
Conjugation of merecer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.