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Meaning of merda | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈmɛr.da]

Definitions

dung, excrement, shit

declension-1, feminine, slang, vulgar

Equivalents

English Excrement

Examples

“1st c. CE, anonymous graffito in Pompeii”

You who have drawn pictures of penises, eat shit!

“Os et labra tibi lingit, Manneia, catellus: Non miror, merdas si libet esse cani.”

The pup licks your mouth and lips, Manneia. It doesn't surprise me if dogs like eating shit.

“Nos in Anglia nonnihil promovimus. […] Tu quoque, si sapis, huc advolabis. Quid ita te iuvat hominem tam nasutum inter merdas Gallicas consenescere?”

We have made some progress in England. […] You, too, if you're wise, will "fly" your way here. What pleases you, a man of such great wit, about growing old in French shit?

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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