merendar
Portuguese
Etymology
From merenda (“snack”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ɾẽˈda(ʁ)/ [me.ɾẽˈda(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /me.ɾẽˈda(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /me.ɾẽˈda(ʁ)/ [me.ɾẽˈda(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ɾẽˈda(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ɾẽˈdaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ɾẽˈda.ɾi/
Verb
merendar (first-person singular present merendo, first-person singular preterite merendei, past participle merendado)
Conjugation
Conjugation of merendar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish merendar, from (rare) Late Latin merendāre (“to take a late lunch”), from Classical Latin merenda (“luncheon taken around tea-time”), from mereō (“to earn, deserve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɾenˈdaɾ/ [me.ɾẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: me‧ren‧dar
Verb
merendar (first-person singular present meriendo, first-person singular preterite merendé, past participle merendado)
- to have a snack, especially in the period between lunch and dinner
- (informal) to defeat in some game or competition
Conjugation
Conjugation of merendar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of merendar (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive merendar | dative | merendarme | merendarte | merendarle, merendarse | merendarnos | merendaros | merendarles, merendarse |
| accusative | merendarme | merendarte | merendarlo, merendarla, merendarse | merendarnos | merendaros | merendarlos, merendarlas, merendarse | |
| with gerund merendando | dative | merendándome | merendándote | merendándole, merendándose | merendándonos | merendándoos | merendándoles, merendándose |
| accusative | merendándome | merendándote | merendándolo, merendándola, merendándose | merendándonos | merendándoos | merendándolos, merendándolas, merendándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative merienda | dative | meriéndame | meriéndate | meriéndale | meriéndanos | not used | meriéndales |
| accusative | meriéndame | meriéndate | meriéndalo, meriéndala | meriéndanos | not used | meriéndalos, meriéndalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative merendá | dative | merendame | merendate | merendale | merendanos | not used | merendales |
| accusative | merendame | merendate | merendalo, merendala | merendanos | not used | merendalos, merendalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative meriende | dative | meriéndeme | not used | meriéndele, meriéndese | meriéndenos | not used | meriéndeles |
| accusative | meriéndeme | not used | meriéndelo, meriéndela, meriéndese | meriéndenos | not used | meriéndelos, meriéndelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative merendemos | dative | not used | merendémoste | merendémosle | merendémonos | merendémoos | merendémosles |
| accusative | not used | merendémoste | merendémoslo, merendémosla | merendémonos | merendémoos | merendémoslos, merendémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative merendad | dative | merendadme | not used | merendadle | merendadnos | merendaos | merendadles |
| accusative | merendadme | not used | merendadlo, merendadla | merendadnos | merendaos | merendadlos, merendadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative merienden | dative | meriéndenme | not used | meriéndenle | meriéndennos | not used | meriéndenles, meriéndense |
| accusative | meriéndenme | not used | meriéndenlo, meriéndenla | meriéndennos | not used | meriéndenlos, meriéndenlas, meriéndense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “merendar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024