# merlo
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* melro

### Etymology

From Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛɾlo̝/

### Noun

merlo m (plural merlos)
* blackbird
    Synonyms: merla, merliño
** 1894, Luís Otero Pimentel, Truada de rapaces:Dempois vin dúas lavandeiras que depenicaban unha espiga de trigo na leira de Xan de Pedreira, unha pomba que voaba pró souto de Fonte Boa, unha péga que fuxía de un lagarteiro, catro corvos que espaturraban un canciño morto na carballeira, un melro que asubiaba entre as follas dun cereixo, un carpinteiro que facía o burato pró seu niño; e unha laverca que rebulía no aire, con unha miñoquiña no pico.After this I saw two wagtails which were pecking a wheat spike at the field of Xan de Pedreira, a dove flying to the wood of Fonte Boa, a magpie fleeing from a kestrel, four ravens which were clawing at a dead pup at the oak grove, a blackbird whistling in the leaves of a cherry tree, a woodpecker making the hole of its nest; and a lark fluttering in the air with a little earthworm in its beak.

### References

* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “melr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “merlo”, 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), “merlo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “merlo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛr.lo/
* Rhymes: -ɛrlo
* Hyphenation: mèr‧lo

### Etymology 1

From Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.

#### Noun

merlo m (plural merli, feminine merla)
* blackbird
* (slang) pushover or weakling; sucker, patsy, or dupe; a chump

##### Derived terms

* merlo acquaiolo
* merlo dal collare
* merlo indiano

##### Further reading

* merlo$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin merulus (“battlement”). Probably cognate with French and English merlon, Spanish merlón.
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The Latin term is, according to the Wikipedia article for merlon, probably related to Etymology 1, as blackbirds often perch on battlements and other kinds of walls. This seems rather folk-etymological, however.”

#### Noun

merlo m (plural merli)
* battlement

##### Derived terms

* merlone

##### Further reading

* merlo$^3$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

merlo
* first-person singular present indicative of merlare

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.

### Noun

merlo
* blackbird

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* mirlo

### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin merŭlum, from Latin merula.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmeɾlo/ [ˈmeɾ.lo]
* Rhymes: -eɾlo
* Syllabification: mer‧lo

### Noun

merlo m (plural merlos)
* blackbird
* brown wrasse (fish)
    Synonym: budión

### Further reading

* “merlo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014