merecido

Galician

Etymology

Past participle of merecer.

Adjective

merecido (feminine merecida, masculine plural merecidos, feminine plural merecidas)

1. deserved

Derived terms

• merecidamente

Participle

merecido (feminine merecida, masculine plural merecidos, feminine plural merecidas)

1. past participle of merecer

Further reading

• “merecido”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of merecer.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾeˈsi.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾɨˈsi.du/ [mɨ.ɾɨˈsi.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾɨˈsi.du/ [mɨ.ɾɨˈsi.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾɨˈsi.du/

• Hyphenation: me‧re‧ci‧do

Adjective

merecido (feminine merecida, masculine plural merecidos, feminine plural merecidas)

1. deserved

   Antonym: imerecido

Derived terms

• merecidamente

Participle

merecido (feminine merecida, masculine plural merecidos, feminine plural merecidas)

1. past participle of merecer

Further reading

• “merecido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “merecido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of merecer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾeˈθido/ [me.ɾeˈθi.ð̞o] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /meɾeˈsido/ [me.ɾeˈsi.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: me‧re‧ci‧do

Adjective

merecido (feminine merecida, masculine plural merecidos, feminine plural merecidas)

1. deserved

Derived terms

• merecidamente

Noun

merecido m (plural merecidos)

1. comeuppance; just deserts

   Le di su merecido después de que me faltara al respeto.

   I gave him his comeuppance after he disrespected me.

Participle

merecido (feminine merecida, masculine plural merecidos, feminine plural merecidas)

1. past participle of merecer

Further reading

• “merecido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025