merda

See also: mêrda, ܡܪܕܐ, and Merda

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan merda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”). Compare Occitan mèrda, French merde, Spanish mierda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈmɛr.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈmɛɾ.ða]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

merda f (plural merdes)

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

Derived terms

• a tota merda
• cul i merda
• merda de bruixa
• merder
• merderada
• merdícola
• merdissaire
• merdisser
• merdós

Further reading

• “merda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• m*rda (censored)

Etymology

From merdo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmerda/
• Rhymes: -erda
• Syllabification: mer‧da

Adjective

merda (accusative singular merdan, plural merdaj, accusative plural merdajn)

1. (vulgar, proscribed) shitty
   • 2009, “Fek al Esperanto!”, in Fek al Esperanto!‎, performed by La Pafklik:

     Mi parolas pri merda lingvo
     Elpensita de stulta avo

     I'm talking about a shitty language
     Thought up by a stupid grandpa

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Verb

merda

1. third-person singular past historic of merder

Anagrams

• damer, drame, marde

Galician

Alternative forms

• miarda (regional: Goiáns)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese merda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛɾda/ [ˈmɛɾ.ð̞ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛɾda
• Hyphenation: mer‧da

Noun

merda f (plural merdas) (vulgar)

1. shit, dung, excrement

   Synonyms: bosta, caca, cagalla, cagallón, excremento, feces, frasca, zorollo

2. dirt

   Synonyms: cotra, porcallada, sucidade

3. (figuratively) crap (all senses)

   Synonyms: caca, porcallada, trapallada

Related terms

• enmerdar
• merdada
• merdalla
• merdán
• merdeiro
• merdento

Interjection

merda!

1. (vulgar) shit!, rats!, crap!

   Synonym: corno

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “merda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “merda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “merda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Interlingua

Etymology

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

Noun

merda (plural merdas)

1. (vulgar) shit

Synonyms

• fece (“feces”)

Italian

Alternative forms

• m*rda (censored)

Etymology

From Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛr.da/, ^*/ˈmɛr.da/
• Rhymes: -ɛrda
• Hyphenation: mèr‧da
• (Romanesco) IPA^(key): */mɛɾdä/

Noun

merda f (plural merde, diminutive merdìna or merdolìna, pejorative merdàccia (“shitty person”))

1. (vulgar, chiefly figurative) shit, crap (all senses).

   nella merda fino al collo ― in deep shit (literally, “neck-deep in shit”)

   Che gioco di merda... ― What a dogshit game... (literally, “What game of shit...”)

Derived terms

• merdaio
• merdoso
• smerdare

Related terms

• nella merda fino al collo

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: merde
• → Aromanian: merdu

Interjection

merda

1. (vulgar) "fuck no!", shit!" (in response to something going wrong)

   Synonyms: cazzo, minchia, Cristo

   Near-synonyms: (none vulgar) porca miseria, dannazione, maledizione, mannaggia

   Merda, mi è caduto il portafogli! ― Shit [no], my wallet fell (out of my grasp!)

Anagrams

• -derma, derma, derma-, madre

Karelian

Regional variants of merda

North Karelian (Viena)	merta
South Karelian (Tver)	merda

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *mërta. Cognates include Finnish merta and Veps merd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmerdɑ/
• Hyphenation: mer‧da

Noun

merda (genitive merran, partitive merdua)

1. (South Karelian) fish trap

Declension

Tver Karelian declension of merda (type 4/kala rd-rr gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	merda	merrat
genitive	merran	merroin
partitive	merdua	merdoida
illative	merdah	merdoih
inessive	merrašša	merroissa
elative	merrašta	merroista
adessive	merralla	merroilla
ablative	merralda	merroilda
translative	merrakši	merroiksi
essive	merdana	merdoina
comitative	merranke	merroinke
abessive	merratta	merroitta
prolative	merračči	merroičči
instructive	—	merroin

Possessive forms of merda
1st person	merdani
2nd person	merdaš
3rd person	merdah
*) Possessive forms are very rare for adjectives and only used in substantivised clauses.

References

• A. V. Punzhina (1994), “merda”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN
• Pertti Virtaranta; Raija Koponen (2009), “merta”, in Marja Torikka, editor, Karjalan kielen sanakirja‎, Helsinki: Kotus, →ISSN