mermar
Spanish, verb/meɾˈmaɾ/
mermar is spelled M-E-R-M-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 58,329th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mermar is a Spanish verb meaning “to reduce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que baje o disminuya la cantidad de algo”.
What does mermar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reduce
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que baje o disminuya la cantidad de algo. 2. Quitar a uno parte de cierta cantidad que de derecho le corresponde.
verb: 1. Bajar o disminuirse una cosa, o consumirse una parte de lo que antes tenía, siendo esto por efecto natural.
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 mermar
- mermo first-person present singular
- mermé first-person preterite singular
- mermado participle past
- mermando gerund
- mermada feminine participle past
- mermados masculine participle past
- mermadas feminine participle past
- mermas indicative informal present
- mermás indicative informal present
- merma indicative present singular
- mermamos first-person indicative plural
- mermáis indicative plural present
- merman indicative plural present
- mermaba first-person imperfect indicative
- mermabas imperfect indicative second-person
- mermábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- mermabais imperfect indicative plural
- mermaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mermar?
- /meɾˈmaɾ/
- [meɾˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mermar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mermar in Spanish?
mermar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).