mermar

== Occitan == === Etymology === From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *minimō, *minimāre, from Latin minimus. === Verb === mermar to reduce; to diminish ==== Conjugation ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === Ultimately from Vulgar Latin minimāre, a verb based on Latin minimus (“least”). Considering its rather late date of first attestation in Spanish (1603) and the absence of an inherited Portuguese counterpart, Coromines & Pascual suppose it was likely borrowed, through mercantile contacts, from Occitan mermar, a term well-attested since the twelfth century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meɾˈmaɾ/ [meɾˈmaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: mer‧mar === Verb === mermar (first-person singular present mermo, first-person singular preterite mermé, past participle mermado) to reduce Synonyms: disminuir, rebajar, reducir ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “mermar”, 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