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English
Etymology
Directly from Spanish mierda, from Latin merda. Doublet of merde.
Noun
mierda (uncountable)
- (Canada, US, neologism, vulgar, in Spanish contexts) Shit.
Usage notes
- Usually italicized as a foreign word.
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin merda. See Spanish mierda, French merde.
Noun
mierda f (plural mierdas)
- (vulgar) shit
References
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin merda.
Pronunciation
Interjection
mierda
- (vulgar) shit (expression of worry, failure)
Noun
mierda f (plural mierdes)
- shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel)
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish mierda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmjeɾda/
- Rhymes: -eɾda
- Syllabification: mier‧da
Noun
mierda f (plural mierdas)
- (vulgar) shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.)
- (vulgar) shit
¡Vete a la mierda!- Go to hell!
- (literally, “Go to shit”)
¡Tu hombre [no] vale mierda! ("no" is optional)- Your man isn't worth shit!
Odio este pueblucho de mierda- I hate this shitty little town
- (vulgar) drunkenness
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
Derived terms
Interjection
¡mierda!
- (Spain) shit! (expression of worry, failure, shock, only for negative situations)
- Synonyms: joder, hostia
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