merita

meriti +‎ -a

• IPA^(key): /meˈrita/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: me‧ri‧ta

merita (accusative singular meritan, plural meritaj, accusative plural meritajn)

1. meritorious, worthy; deserving reward.

merita

1. singular feminine of merito

merita

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

• -metria, -termia, mirate, remati, rimate, tremai

merita

1. inflection of meritus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

meritā

1. ablative feminine singular of meritus

• "merita", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from French mériter. First attested in 1827.

• IPA^(key): /me.riˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: me‧ri‧ta

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a merita (third-person singular present merită, past participle meritat, third-person subjunctive merite) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to deserve, to merit (a good or a bad thing)

   Synonyms: cuveni, (obsolete) meritarisi

   Meriți o bătaie!

   You deserve a whooping!

2. (intransitive) to be worth it

   Mai merită să faci o facultate?

   Is it still worth it to attend college?

In popular usage, especially among less educated speakers, the second sense is frequently used reflexively (a se merita). This widespread variation of the verb is however unilaterally proscribed by the language authority.

• “merita”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

merita

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