merita

meriti +‎ -a

• IPA^(key): [meˈrita]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: me‧ri‧ta

merita (accusative singular meritan, plural meritaj, accusative plural meritajn)

1. meritorious, worthy; deserving reward.

merita

1. singular feminine of merito

merita

1. inflection of meritare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• -metria, -termia, mirate, remati, rimate, tremai

merita

1. inflection of meritus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/nominative neuter plural

meritā

1. ablative feminine singular of meritus

• merita in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Borrowed from French mériter. First attested in 1827.

• IPA^(key): /me.riˈta/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: me‧ri‧ta

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a merita (third-person singular present merită, past participle meritat) 1st conj.

1. (transitive) to deserve, to merit (a good or a bad thing)

   Synonyms: cuveni, (obsolete) meritarisi

   Meriți o bătaie!

   You deserve a whooping!

2. (intransitive) to be worth it

   Mai merită să faci o facultate?

   Is it still worth it to attend college?

In popular usage, especially among less educated speakers, the second sense is frequently used reflexively (se merita. This widespread variation of the verb is however unilaterally proscribed by the language authority.

• merita in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

merita

1. inflection of meritar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative