mérito

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin meritum. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛɾitu Hyphenation: mé‧ri‧to === Noun === mérito m (plural méritos) merit (something worthy of positive recognition) ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:mérito. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Tetum: méritu === Further reading === “mérito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mérito”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “mérito”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “mérito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin meritum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmeɾito/ [ˈme.ɾi.t̪o] Rhymes: -eɾito Syllabification: mé‧ri‧to === Adjective === mérito (feminine mérita, masculine plural méritos, feminine plural méritas) (obsolete) worthy Synonym: digno ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === mérito m (plural méritos) merit worth ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “mérito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025