merecimiento

/meɾesiˈmjento/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los merecimientos

Meaning

  1. merit

    • Lo logró por merecimiento.

      He achieved it on merit.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

mérito

mérito is much more common; merecimiento is rarer and more formal — both mean "merit."

Similar in other languages

French

mérite

mérite is the French word for the same thing — both mean "merit."

Portuguese

mérito

mérito is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "merit."

Practice

1 What does merecimiento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Lo logró por ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches merecimiento?

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