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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)
- (transitive) to deserve, merit
- (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.
- (transitive) to earn
- Synonym: far guadagnare
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Latin
Verb
meritāre
- inflection of meritō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative
Spanish
Verb
meritare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of meritar