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merecer

merecer

Portuguese

Verb

merecer (first-person singular present indicative mereço, past participle merecido)

  1. to merit; to deserve
    Eles merecem respeito.
    They deserve respect.

Conjugation


Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *merescere, from Latin merēre, present active infinitive of mereō.

Verb

merecer (first-person singular present merezco, first-person singular preterite merecí, past participle merecido)

  1. to deserve

Conjugation

  • Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.

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