merita
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
merita (accusative singular meritan, plural meritaj, accusative plural meritajn)
- meritorious, worthy; deserving reward.
Italian edit
Adjective edit
merita
Verb edit
merita
- inflection of meritare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Participle edit
merita
- inflection of meritus:
Participle edit
meritā
References edit
- merita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French mériter. First attested in 1827.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
a merita (third-person singular present merită, past participle meritat) 1st conj.
- (transitive) to deserve, to merit (a good or a bad thing)
- Synonyms: cuveni, (obsolete) meritarisi
- Meriți o bătaie!
- You deserve a whooping!
- (intransitive) to be worth it
- Mai merită să faci o facultate?
- Is it still worth it to attend college?
Usage notes edit
In popular usage, especially among less educated speakers, the second sense is frequently used reflexively (se merita. This widespread variation of the verb is however unilaterally proscribed by the language authority.
Conjugation edit
conjugation of merita (first conjugation, no infix)
infinitive | a merita | ||||||
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gerund | meritând | ||||||
past participle | meritat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | merit | meriți | merită | merităm | meritați | merită | |
imperfect | meritam | meritai | merita | meritam | meritați | meritau | |
simple perfect | meritai | meritași | merită | meritarăm | meritarăți | meritară | |
pluperfect | meritasem | meritaseși | meritase | meritaserăm | meritaserăți | meritaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să merit | să meriți | să merite | să merităm | să meritați | să merite | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | merită | meritați | |||||
negative | nu merita | nu meritați |
References edit
- merita in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish edit
Verb edit
merita
- inflection of meritar: