mersa

Italian

Participle

mersa f sg

1. feminine singular of merso

Latin

Verb

mersā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of mersō

Spanish

Etymology

Supposedly from Piedmontese mersa (“card suit”), probably in comparison to a vulgo. Similar to Italian merda (“shit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɾsa/ [ˈmeɾ.sa]
• Rhymes: -eɾsa
• Syllabification: mer‧sa

Noun

mersa m (plural mersas) (Argentina, Uruguay, colloquial)

1. said of a person or thing: vulgar, lacking of class, tacky
2. piece of junk

Further reading

• “mersa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• armés, armes, mares, meras, mesar, remás, remas, resma