merenda

Borrowed from Italian merenda, from Latin merenda.

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛrɛnda]

merenda f

1. (archaic) dancing event

   Synonyms: veselice, zábava, veselka

2. (dialectal) boiled plums or plum jam with cream
3. (dialectal) mashed strawberries with cream

• “merenda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “merenda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “merenda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

From Old Galician-Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda. Cognate with Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda, Italian merenda.

• IPA^(key): /meˈɾenda/ [meˈɾen̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -enda

merenda f (plural merendas)

1. nuncheon; late afternoon snack
2. a light meal or snack had in between main meals
3. picnic

• merendar
• quitamerendas

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “merenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “merenda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “merenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “merenda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “merenda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Latin merenda (“light evening meal”). Compare Galician and Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda.

• IPA^(key): /meˈrɛn.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛnda
• Hyphenation: me‧rèn‧da

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merenda f (plural merende)

1. snack (usually an afternoon snack)

   Synonym: spuntino

2. tea, break
3. picnic

   Synonym: picnic

• merendina
• merendero

• darmene, mendare

From mereō (“earn, deserve”).^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛˈrɛn.da]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [meˈrɛn̪.d̪a]

merenda f (genitive merendae); first declension

1. collation, light evening meal, an afternoon luncheon
2. a taste

First-declension noun.

• “merenda, -ae, f.”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Merenda, ae, m.”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• merenda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “merenda”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “merenda”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “merenda”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

• Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
• Hyphenation: me‧ren‧da

From Old Galician-Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”). Compare Spanish merienda and Catalan berena.

merenda f (plural merendas)

1. a meal eaten by students in school
2. dunch (small meal between lunch and dinner)
3. snack

   Synonym: lanche

• merendar
• merendeiro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

merenda

1. inflection of merendar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative