Meanings (ES + gloss)
mérito
A claim to commendation or a reward.
merecimiento • mérito
Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
In all our noble Anglo-Saxon language, there is scarcely a nobler word than worth; yet this term has now almost exclusively a pecuniary meaning. So that if you ask what a man is wo…
Phrases
Meritagebadge of meritfigure of meritimmeritimmeritoriousimmeritoriouslymerit badgemerit badgermerit badgingmerit fieldmerit goodmerit-badgingmerit-basedmeritablemeritfulmeritiousmeritlessmeritmongermeritocracymeritocratmeritocraticmeritocraticallymeritoriousmeritoriouslymeritoriousnessmeritorymeritousovermeritunmeritocraticunmeritorious
Word forms
Meanings (ES + gloss)
ameritar • meritar
To deserve, to earn.
Her performance merited wild applause.
Oh! France! charming country! where I had the good fortune to be born! one never quits thee with impunity. Celebrated for the rich beauty of thy soil, for the sociability of thy in…