merda

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan mèrda), from Latin merda (compare French merde, Spanish mierda), from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾ.də/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛr.də/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾ.da/

Noun

merda f (plural merdes)

1. (slang, vulgar) dung, excrement, shit

Verb

merda

1. third-person singular past historic of merder

Anagrams

• damer, drame, marde

Etymology

From Old Portuguese merda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾ.da/

Noun

merda f (plural merdas)

1. (vulgar, slang, figuratively) shit, crap (all senses)

Etymology

Italian merda, French merde, Spanish mierda, and Portuguese merda.

Noun

merda (plural merdas)

1. (vulgar) shit

Etymology

From Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛr.da/, [ˈmɛr̺d̪ä]
• Hyphenation: mèr‧da

Noun

merda f (plural merde)

1. (vulgar, slang, figuratively) shit, crap (all senses)

Anagrams

• derma, madre

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd-h₂- (“stench”), related to Proto-Slavic *smordъ (“stink, odor”) (Czech, Slovene, Croatian smrad, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian смрад (smrad), Polish smród), as well as Latvian smards (“odor”), Lithuanian smirdeti.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmer.da/, [ˈmɛr.da]

Noun

merda f (genitive merdae); first declension

1. (slang, vulgar) dung, excrement, shit
   • Anonymous graffito in Pompeii:

     Ut merdas edatis, qui scripseras sopionis

     You who have drawn pictures of penises, eat shit!

References

• merda in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• merda in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• merda in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• merda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Etymology

From Old Portuguese merda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾdɐ/, [ˈmɛɾðɐ]
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛʁdɐ/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɾdɐ]
  • (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɦdɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɹdɐ]

Noun

merda f (plural merdas)

1. (vulgar, uncountable) shit; faeces (excretory product evacuated from the bowels)
2. (vulgar) a chunk of shit
3. (vulgar) piece of shit (an object of poor quality)
4. (vulgar, slang, may be followed by alguma or nenhuma) shit (anything)

   Teu trabalho não vale merda alguma.

   Your work is not worth shit!

Noun

merda m, f (plural merdas)

1. (vulgar) a worthless or cowardly person

Interjection

merda

1. (vulgar) shit! (expression of worry, failure, shock, etc.)
2. (dated, theater) break a leg! (a superstitious expression of encouragement prior to a performance)