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Noun

merda f ‎(plural merdes)

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

Related terms

• merder
• merderada
• merdícola
• merdissaire
• merdisser
• merdós

French

Verb

merda

1. third-person singular past historic of merder

Anagrams

• damer, drame, marde

Galician

Etymology

From Latin merda.

Noun

merda f ‎(plural merdas)

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

Related terms

• merdada
• merdeiro
• merdento

Interlingua

Etymology

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

Noun

merda ‎(plural merdas)

1. (vulgar) ****

Synonyms

• fece ‎(“feces”)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin merda.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

merda f ‎(plural merde)

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

Related terms

• merdaio
• merdoso

Anagrams

• derma, madre

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably related to Proto-Slavic *smordъ ‎(“stink, odor”) (Czech, Slovene, Croatian smrad, Serbian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian смрад ‎(smrad), Polish smród).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

merda f ‎(genitive merdae); first declension

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

     Ut merdas edatis, qui scripseras sopionis

     You who have drawn pictures of penises, eat ****!

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “merda”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese merda, from Latin merda.

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

   Teu trabalho não vale merda alguma.‎

   Your work is not worth ****!

Synonyms

• (faeces): bosta (vulgar), cocô (childish), excremento, fezes
• (chunk of ****): cocô, fez (rare)
• (object of poor quality): bosta, porcaria
• (anything): porra

Noun

merda m f (plural merdas)

1. (vulgar) a worthless or cowardly person

Interjection

merda

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

Synonyms

• (****!): bosta, cacete, caralho