merecer
Spanish, verb/meɾeˈθeɾ/
merecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to deserve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ser digno de aprecio, valor, reconocimiento o atención. Tener mérito (para algo)”.
What does merecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deserve
Mereces mucho más que esto.
- 2
datedslangvulgarto have sex, used especially when talking about a nubile girl
Ella está en edad de merecer.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ser digno de aprecio, valor, reconocimiento o atención. Tener mérito (para algo). 2. Valer, tener cierto grado o estimación una cosa. 3. Lograr. Alcanzar, obtener o conseguir algo por lo que se ha trabajado o hecho esfuerzo.
verb: 1. Hacer méritos o buenas acciones.
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 merecer
- merezco first-person present singular
- merecí first-person preterite singular
- merecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- mereciendo gerund
- merecida feminine participle past
- merecidos masculine participle past
- merecidas feminine participle past
- mereces indicative informal present
- merecés indicative informal present
- merece indicative present singular
- merecemos first-person indicative plural
- merecéis indicative plural present
- merecen indicative plural present
- merecía first-person imperfect indicative
- merecías imperfect indicative second-person
- merecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- merecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merecer?
- /meɾeˈθeɾ/
- [me.ɾeˈθeɾ]
- /meɾeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merecer in Spanish?
merecer appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).