# merenda
## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian merenda, from Latin merenda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɛrɛnda]

### Noun

merenda f
* (archaic) dancing event
    Synonyms: veselice, zábava, veselka
* (dialectal) boiled plums or plum jam with cream
* (dialectal) mashed strawberries with cream

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “merenda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “merenda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “merenda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda. Cognate with Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda, Italian merenda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meˈɾenda/ [meˈɾen̪.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -enda

### Noun

merenda f (plural merendas)
* nuncheon; late afternoon snack
* a light meal or snack had in between main meals
* picnic

#### Derived terms

* merendar
* quitamerendas

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “merenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “merenda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “merenda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “merenda”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “merenda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin merenda (“light evening meal”). Compare Galician and Portuguese merenda, Spanish merienda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meˈrɛn.da/
* Rhymes: -ɛnda
* Hyphenation: me‧rèn‧da
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

merenda f (plural merende)
* snack (usually an afternoon snack)
    Synonym: spuntino
* tea, break
* picnic
    Synonym: picnic

#### Derived terms

* merendina
* merendero

### Anagrams

* darmene, mendare

## Latin
### Etymology

From mereō (“earn, deserve”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /meˈren.da/, [mɛˈrɛn̪d̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /meˈren.da/, [meˈrɛn̪d̪ä]

### Noun

merenda f (genitive merendae); first declension
* collation, light evening meal, an afternoon luncheon
* a taste

#### Declension

First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | merenda | merendae |
| Genitive | merendae | merendārum |
| Dative | merendae | merendīs |
| Accusative | merendam | merendās |
| Ablative | merendā | merendīs |
| Vocative | merenda | merendae |

#### Descendants

* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: mirindi
** Romanian: merinde
* Dalmatian:
** marianda
* Italo-Romance:
** Italian: merenda
** Neapolitan: merenna
** Sicilian: mirenna
* Padanian:
** Emilian: brenda, branda
** Friulian: mirinde
** Istriot: marenda
** Ladin: marënda
** Piedmontese: marenda
** Romagnol: brenda
** Romansch: marenda
*** → German: Marend
*** →? Mòcheno: marenn
** Venetian: marenda
*** → Cimbrian: maren
* Northern Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: marendar
** Old French: marende
*** Bourguignon: mairande
*** Walloon: marinde
* Southern Gallo-Romance:
** Aragonese: brenna, berienda (Cheso, Tensino), brienda (Chistabín, Lanuza, Sobrarbe), brenda (other dialects), brena (Chistabín, Ribagorçan), berienda
** Catalan: berena
** Occitan: merenda
* Ibero-Romance:
** Asturian: merienda
** Old Galician-Portuguese: merenda
*** Galician: merenda
*** Portuguese: merenda
** Spanish: merienda
*** → Moroccan Arabic: ميريندا
*** → Tagalog: merienda
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: merenda

### References

* “merenda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* merenda in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “merenda”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “merenda”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
* “merenda”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 374

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /meˈɾẽ.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /meˈɾẽ.dɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /meˈɾẽ.da/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɨˈɾẽ.dɐ/
* Rhymes: -ẽdɐ
* Hyphenation: me‧ren‧da

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese merenda, from Latin merenda (“light evening meal”). Compare Spanish merienda and Catalan berena.

#### Noun

merenda f (plural merendas)
* a meal eaten by students in school
* dunch (small meal between lunch and dinner)
* snack
    Synonym: lanche

##### Derived terms

* merendar
* merendeiro

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

merenda
* inflection of merendar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative