meritare

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See also: meritaré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin meritāre, from meritus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me.riˈta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: me‧ri‧tà‧re

Verb

meritàre (first-person singular present mèrito, first-person singular past historic meritài, past participle meritàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to deserve, merit
  2. (transitive, followed by di and passive) to be worth, to be worthing
    Synonym: valere la pena
    Il film merita di essere visto.The film is worth seeing.
  3. (transitive) to earn
    Synonym: far guadagnare

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Latin

Verb

meritāre

  1. inflection of meritō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative

Spanish

Verb

meritare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of meritar