mierda

English

Etymology

Directly from Spanish mierda, from Latin merda. Doublet of merde.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

mierda (uncountable)

1. (Canada, US, neologism, vulgar, in Spanish contexts) Shit.

Usage notes

• Usually italicized as a foreign word.

Anagrams

• armied, Dimare, raimed, admier, Merida, admire, Mérida, Admire

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin merda. See Spanish mierda, French merde.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjeɾda/
• Rhymes: -eɾda
• Syllabification: mier‧da

Noun

mierda f (plural mierdas)

1. (vulgar) shit

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “mierda”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin merda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjeɾda/, [ˈmjeɾ.ð̞a]

Interjection

mierda

1. (vulgar) shit (expression of worry, failure)

Noun

mierda f (plural mierdes)

1. shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowel)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish mierda, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjeɾda/ [ˈmjeɾ.ð̞a]

• Audio (Peru):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɾda
• Syllabification: mier‧da

Noun

mierda f (plural mierdas) (vulgar)

1. shit (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.)
2. shit

   ¡Vete a la mierda!

   Go to hell!

   (literally, “Go to shit”)

   ¡Tu hombre [no] vale mierda! ("no" is optional)

   Your man isn't worth shit!

   Odio este pueblucho de mierda

   I hate this shitty little town

3. piece of shit; a bad thing; an object of poor quality.

   Synonym: basura

   Este paraguas es una mierda.

   This umbrella is a piece of shit.

4. drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

Derived terms

• a la mierda
• cabeza de mierda
• comemierda
• de mierda
• mandar a la mierda
• meter mierda
• mierda de toro
• mierda pinchada en un palo
• mucha mierda
• ruedamierda
• saco de mierda
• una mierda
• vete a la mierda
• y una mierda

 

Interjection

¡mierda!

1. (Spain, vulgar) shit! (expression of worry, failure, shock, only for negative situations)

   Synonyms: joder, hostia

Further reading

• “mierda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• "mierda" at Oxford Dictionaries