merendar

Portuguese

Etymology

From merenda (“snack”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾẽˈda(ʁ)/ [me.ɾẽˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾẽˈda(ʁ)/ [me.ɾẽˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /me.ɾẽˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /me.ɾẽˈda(ʁ)/ [me.ɾẽˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /me.ɾẽˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾẽˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾẽˈdaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨ.ɾẽˈda.ɾi/

Verb

merendar (first-person singular present merendo, first-person singular preterite merendei, past participle merendado)

1. to have a snack

   Synonym: lanchar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of merendar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	merendar
Personal	merendar	merendares	merendar	merendarmos	merendardes	merendarem
Gerund
	merendando
Past participle
Masculine	merendado			merendados
Feminine	merendada			merendadas
Indicative
Present	merendo	merendas	merenda	merendamos	merendais	merendam
Imperfect	merendava	merendavas	merendava	merendávamos	merendáveis	merendavam
Preterite	merendei	merendaste	merendou	merendamos1, merendámos2	merendastes	merendaram
Pluperfect	merendara	merendaras	merendara	merendáramos	merendáreis	merendaram
Future	merendarei	merendarás	merendará	merendaremos	merendareis	merendarão
Conditional	merendaria	merendarias	merendaria	merendaríamos	merendaríeis	merendariam
Subjunctive
Present	merende	merendes	merende	merendemos	merendeis	merendem
Imperfect	merendasse	merendasses	merendasse	merendássemos	merendásseis	merendassem
Future	merendar	merendares	merendar	merendarmos	merendardes	merendarem
Imperative
Affirmative		merenda	merende	merendemos	merendai	merendem
Negative (não)		não merendes	não merende	não merendemos	não merendeis	não merendem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “merendar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “merendar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish merendar, from (rare) Late Latin merendāre (“to take a late lunch”), from Classical Latin merenda (“luncheon taken around tea-time”), from mereō (“to earn, deserve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾenˈdaɾ/ [me.ɾẽn̪ˈd̪aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: me‧ren‧dar

Verb

merendar (first-person singular present meriendo, first-person singular preterite merendé, past participle merendado)

1. to have a snack, especially in the period between lunch and dinner
2. (informal) to defeat in some game or competition

Conjugation

    Conjugation of merendar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			merendar
gerund			merendando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		merendado		merendada
		plural		merendados		merendadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	meriendo	meriendastú merendásvos	merienda	merendamos	merendáis	meriendan
	imperfect	merendaba	merendabas	merendaba	merendábamos	merendabais	merendaban
	preterite	merendé	merendaste	merendó	merendamos	merendasteis	merendaron
	future	merendaré	merendarás	merendará	merendaremos	merendaréis	merendarán
	conditional	merendaría	merendarías	merendaría	merendaríamos	merendaríais	merendarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	meriende	meriendestú merendésvos2	meriende	merendemos	merendéis	merienden
	imperfect (ra)	merendara	merendaras	merendara	merendáramos	merendarais	merendaran
	imperfect (se)	merendase	merendases	merendase	merendásemos	merendaseis	merendasen
	future1	merendare	merendares	merendare	merendáremos	merendareis	merendaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		meriendatú merendávos	meriende	merendemos	merendad	merienden
	negative		no meriendes	no meriende	no merendemos	no merendéis	no merienden

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of merendar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive merendar	dative	merendarme	merendarte	merendarle, merendarse	merendarnos	merendaros	merendarles, merendarse
	accusative	merendarme	merendarte	merendarlo, merendarla, merendarse	merendarnos	merendaros	merendarlos, merendarlas, merendarse
with gerund merendando	dative	merendándome	merendándote	merendándole, merendándose	merendándonos	merendándoos	merendándoles, merendándose
	accusative	merendándome	merendándote	merendándolo, merendándola, merendándose	merendándonos	merendándoos	merendándolos, merendándolas, merendándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative merienda	dative	meriéndame	meriéndate	meriéndale	meriéndanos	not used	meriéndales
	accusative	meriéndame	meriéndate	meriéndalo, meriéndala	meriéndanos	not used	meriéndalos, meriéndalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative merendá	dative	merendame	merendate	merendale	merendanos	not used	merendales
	accusative	merendame	merendate	merendalo, merendala	merendanos	not used	merendalos, merendalas
with formal second-person singular imperative meriende	dative	meriéndeme	not used	meriéndele, meriéndese	meriéndenos	not used	meriéndeles
	accusative	meriéndeme	not used	meriéndelo, meriéndela, meriéndese	meriéndenos	not used	meriéndelos, meriéndelas
with first-person plural imperative merendemos	dative	not used	merendémoste	merendémosle	merendémonos	merendémoos	merendémosles
	accusative	not used	merendémoste	merendémoslo, merendémosla	merendémonos	merendémoos	merendémoslos, merendémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative merendad	dative	merendadme	not used	merendadle	merendadnos	merendaos	merendadles
	accusative	merendadme	not used	merendadlo, merendadla	merendadnos	merendaos	merendadlos, merendadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative merienden	dative	meriéndenme	not used	meriéndenle	meriéndennos	not used	meriéndenles, meriéndense
	accusative	meriéndenme	not used	meriéndenlo, meriéndenla	meriéndennos	not used	meriéndenlos, meriéndenlas, meriéndense

Derived terms

• merendero

Related terms

• merienda

Further reading

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