merecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From merecer (“to deserve”) +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meɾeθiˈmjento/ [me.ɾe.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /meɾesiˈmjento/ [me.ɾe.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -ento
  • Syllabification: me‧re‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

merecimiento m (plural merecimientos)

  1. merit, desert (that which is deserved)
    • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:
      Los altos cielos que de vuestra divinidad divinamente con las estrellas os fortifican y os hacen merecedora del merecimiento que merece la vuestra grandeza...
      The high heavens, that of your divinity divinely fortify you with the stars, render you deserving of the desert your greatness deserves...

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