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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin meretrīcem.
Pronunciation
Noun
meretriz f (plural meretrizes)
- hooker, whore, prostitute
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostituta
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin meretrīcem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /meɾeˈtɾiθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /meɾeˈtɾis/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -is
- Syllabification: me‧re‧triz
Noun
meretriz f (plural meretrices)
- hooker, whore, prostitute
- Synonym: prostituta
1885, Leopoldo Alas, chapter 1, in La Regenta, volume 1, published 2006, →ISBN:Pero, sin pensarlo, daba una intención lúbrica y cínica a su mirada, como una meretriz de calleja, que anuncia su triste comercio con los ojos, sin que la policía pueda reivindicar los derechos de la moral pública.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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