meritar
Spanish, verb[meɾiˈt̪aɾ]
meritar is spelled M-E-R-I-T-A-R (7 letters). Meritar is a Spanish verb meaning “to merit, earn, deserve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Actuar de modo meritorio (digno de aprobación), generalmente para preparar u obtener el logro de algo”.
What does meritar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to merit, earn, deserve
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Actuar de modo meritorio (digno de aprobación), generalmente para preparar u obtener el logro de algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of meritar
- merito first-person present singular
- merité first-person preterite singular
- meritado participle past
- meritando gerund
- meritada feminine participle past
- meritados masculine participle past
- meritadas feminine participle past
- meritas indicative informal present
- meritás indicative informal present
- merita indicative present singular
- meritamos first-person indicative plural
- meritáis indicative plural present
- meritan indicative plural present
- meritaba first-person imperfect indicative
- meritabas imperfect indicative second-person
- meritábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- meritabais imperfect indicative plural
- meritaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce meritar?
- [meɾiˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to meritar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.