meritare
See also: meritaré
Italian
Etymology
From Latin meritāre, from meritus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.riˈta.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: me‧ri‧tà‧re
Verb
meritàre (first-person singular present mèrito, first-person singular past historic meritài, past participle meritàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to deserve, merit
- (transitive, followed by di and passive) to be worth, to be worthing
- Synonym: valere la pena
- Il film merita di essere visto. ― The film is worth seeing.
- (transitive) to earn
- Synonym: far guadagnare
Conjugation
Conjugation of meritàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
meritāre
- inflection of meritō:
- present active infinitive
- second-person singular present passive imperative
Spanish
Verb
meritare
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive of meritar