merecedor
Galician
Etymology
Adjective
merecedor (feminine merecedora, masculine plural merecedores, feminine plural merecedoras)
Further reading
- “merecedor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [me.ɾe.seˈdoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /me.ɾe.seˈdoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /me.ɾe.seˈdoʁ/ [me.ɾe.seˈdoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /me.ɾe.seˈdoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈdoɾ/ [mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈðoɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈdo.ɾi/ [mɨ.ɾɨ.sɨˈðo.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: me‧re‧ce‧dor
Adjective
merecedor (feminine merecedora, masculine plural merecedores, feminine plural merecedoras, comparable)
Further reading
- “merecedor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “merecedor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɾeθeˈdoɾ/ [me.ɾe.θeˈð̞oɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /meɾeseˈdoɾ/ [me.ɾe.seˈð̞oɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: me‧re‧ce‧dor
Adjective
merecedor (feminine merecedora, masculine plural merecedores, feminine plural merecedoras)
- deserving
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “{{{1}}}”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha [ The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha], Primera parte, Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de la Cuesta:
- Los altos cielos que de vuestra divinidad divinamente con las estrellas os fortifican y os hacen merecedora del merecimiento que merece la vuestra grandeza...
- The high heavens, that of your divinity divinely fortify you with the stars, render you deserving of the desert your greatness deserves...
Related terms
Further reading
- “merecedor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025