merecer
Portuguese, verb/me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
merecer is spelled M-E-R-E-C-E-R (7 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,325th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merecer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to merit; to deserve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ser digno de”.
What does merecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to merit; to deserve
Eles merecem respeito.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ser digno de 2. conseguir em virtude de seus méritos 3. ter direito a 4. estar em condições de obter
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of merecer
- mereço first-person present singular
- mereci first-person preterite singular
- merecido participle past
- c-ç alternation
- mereceres infinitive second-person singular
- merecermos first-person infinitive plural
- merecerdes infinitive plural second-person
- merecerem infinitive plural third-person
- merecendo gerund
- merecidos masculine participle past
- merecida feminine participle past
- merecidas feminine participle past
- mereces indicative present second-person
- merece indicative present singular
- merecemos first-person indicative plural
- mereceis indicative plural present
- merecem indicative plural present
- merecia first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merecer?
- Brazil /me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/
- Brazil [me.ɾeˈse(h)]
- /me.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
merecer appears 6.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).