merda
Portuguese
/ˈmɛɾdɐ/, /ˈmɛʁdɐ/, [ˈmɛɾdɐ], [ˈmɛɦdɐ], [ˈmɛɹdɐ]
noun
Definitions
- (vulgar) shit; faeces excretory product evacuated from the bowels
- (vulgar) a chunk of shit
- (vulgar) piece of shit an object of poor quality
- (vulgar) shit anything
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese merda inherited from Latin merda (excrement) inherited from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā derived from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (stench).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*smerd-h₂-
Gloss
stench
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mierda English
- *dismerdāre Latin
- merda Latin
- merda(m), merda Latin
- merda Italian
- merde French
- mierda Spanish, Castilian
- mierdoso Spanish, Castilian
- ruedamierda Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)merd-h₂-, *(s)merd- Proto-Indo-European
- *smerd-h₂- Proto-Indo-European
- Brasil Portuguese
- Merdil Portuguese
- merdoso Portuguese
- merda Catalan, Valencian
- *merda Old Portuguese
- merda Old Portuguese
- diznjerdu Aromanian
- *(s)merdā Proto-Italic
- mierda Asturian
- mierde Friulian
- mierda Old Spanish
- miarda Dalmatian