Spanish Verb MERECER - to deserve. Irregular ER family

Spanish Verb MERECER: to deserve

The Spanish verb merecer means 'to deserve' and is an irregular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine MARY'S HAIR deserves MERIT!

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to deserve: merecer
Imagine MARY'S HAIR deserves MERIT!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE MERECER - to deserve
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb merecer
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente deserve	merezco	mereces	merece	merecemos	merecéis	merecen
Imperfect Imperfecto deserved	merecía	merecías	merecía	merecíamos	merecíais	merecían
Preterit Pretérito deserved	merecí	mereciste	mereció	merecimos	merecisteis	merecieron
Future Futuro will deserve	mereceré	merecerás	merecerá	mereceremos	mereceréis	merecerán
Conditional Condicional would deserve	merecería	merecerías	merecería	mereceríamos	mereceríais	merecerían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may deserve	merezca	mereczas	merezca	merezcamos	merezcáis	merezcan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo might deserve	mereciera	merecieras	mereciera	mereciéramos	mereciereis	merecieran
	mereciese	merecieses	mereciese	mereciésemos	merecieseis	mereciesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb merecer - to deserve
Imperative Imperativo deserve!		merece!	merezca!	merezcamos!	mereced!	merezcan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't deserve!		no merezcas!	no merezca!	no merezcamos!	no merezcáis!	no merezcan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb MERECER Past Participle: merecido - deserved
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have deserved	he merecido	has merecido	ha merecido	hemos merecido	habéis merecido	han merecido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had deserved	hube merecido	hubiste merecido	hubo merecido	hubimos merecido	hubisteis merecido	hubieron merecido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had deserved	había merecido	habías merecido	había merecido	habíamos merecido	habíais merecido	habían merecido
Present Perfect Subj Presente perfecto subj may've deserved	haya merecido	hayas merecido	haya merecido	hayamos merecido	hayáis merecido	hayan merecido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have deserved	habré merecido	habrás merecido	habrá merecido	habremos merecido	habréis merecido	habrán merecido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would've deserved	habría merecido	habrías merecido	habría merecido	habríamos merecido	habríais merecido	habrían merecido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperfecto de sbj might have deserved	hubiera merecido	hubieras merecido	hubiera merecido	hubiéramos merecido	hubierais merecido	hubieran merecido
	hubiese merecido	hubieses merecido	hubiese merecido	hubiésemos merecido	hubieseis merecido	hubiesen merecido
Progressive Tenses MERECER Present Participle: mereciendo - deserving
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am deserving	estoy mereciendo	estás mereciendo	está mereciendo	estamos mereciendo	está mereciendo	están mereciendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was deserving	estuve mereciendo	estuviste mereciendo	estuvo mereciendo	estuvimos mereciendo	estuvisteis mereciendo	estuvieron mereciendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been ...ing	estaba mereciendo	estabas mereciendo	estaba mereciendo	estábamos mereciendo	estabais mereciendo	estaban mereciendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be deserving	estaré mereciendo	estarás mereciendo	estará mereciendo	estaremos mereciendo	estaréis mereciendo	estarán mereciendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto pr would've been ~ing	estaría mereciendo	estarías mereciendo	estabría mereciendo	estaríamos mereciendo	estaríais mereciendo	estarían mereciendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may have been ~ing	que ~ mereciendo	que ~ mereciendo	que ~ mereciendo	que ~ mereciendo	que ~ mereciendo	que ~ mereciendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB merecer

merecer + inf: to deserve to + inf.
merecerse: to deserve.

merecedor, ora de algo (adj): worthy/deserving of something.
el merecido (nm): due.
el merecimiento (nm): merit.
el merecidamente (adv): deservedly, well-deserved.

Te lo tienes bien merecido: It serves you right.
Se merece que la asciendan: She deserves to be promoted.
No es merecedor de tu cariño: He is unworthy of your affection.
en merecimiento a su gran labor: in recognition of his/her/your (form) great work.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos merecés
Imperativo: ¡merecé!

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