miércoles

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin Mercuriī dīēs, variant of dīēs Mercuriī.

Noun

miércoles m (plural miércoles)

1. Wednesday

See also

• days of the week (appendix): llunes · martes · miércoles · xueves · vienres · sábadu · domingu ^[edit]

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjeɾkoles/ [ˈmjeɾ.ko.les]
• Rhymes: -eɾkoles
• Syllabification: miér‧co‧les

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin diēs Mercurī, with ellipsis of "day", dissimilation of R-L and the ending analogically reshaped after most other days of the week.

Noun

miércoles m (plural miércoles)

1. Wednesday

Derived terms

• miércoles de ceniza

Descendants

• Chavacano: miercoles
• → Bikol Central: Myerkoles
• → Cebuano: Miyerkoles
• → Chamorro: metkoles
• → Guerrero Amuzgo: mikluè
• → Hiligaynon: Miyerkoles
• → Ilocano: Mierkoles
• → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: miexkolex
• → Pangasinan: Mierkoles
• → Tagalog: Miyerkoles, Mierkoles — obsolete, Mierkules — dated, Miyer. — abbreviation, Miyerkules — superseded, pre-2014
• → Taos: míalkulisi
• → Waray-Waray: Miyerkules

Etymology 2

Euphemism for mierda (“shit”).

Interjection

miércoles

1. (euphemistic) shoot!

   Synonyms: rayos, maldición, diablos

See also

• days of the week: días de la semana (appendix): lunes · martes · miércoles · jueves · viernes · sábado · domingo ^[edit]

Further reading

• “miércoles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10