miércoles
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Mercuriī dīēs, variant of dīēs Mercuriī.
NounEdit
miércoles m (plural miércoles)
See alsoEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin diēs Mercurī, with ellipsis of "day", dissimilation of R-L and the ending analogically reshaped after most other days of the week.
NounEdit
miércoles m (plural miércoles)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Chavacano: miercoles
- → Bikol Central: Myerkoles
- → Cebuano: Miyerkoles
- → Chamorro: metkoles
- → Guerrero Amuzgo: mikluè
- → Hiligaynon: Miyerkoles
- → Ilocano: Mierkoles
- → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: miexkolex
- → Pangasinan: Mierkoles
- → Tagalog: Miyerkoles, Miyerkules
- → Taos: míalkulisi
- → Waray-Waray: Miyerkules
Etymology 2Edit
Euphemism for mierda (“shit”).
InterjectionEdit
miércoles
- (euphemistic) Shoot!
See alsoEdit
- (days of the week) día de la semana; lunes, martes, miércoles, jueves, viernes, sábado, domingo (Category: es:Days of the week)
Further readingEdit
- “miércoles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014