mermar

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *minimō, *minimāre, from Latin minimus.

Verb

mermar

1. to reduce; to diminish

Conjugation

		simple			compound
infinitive		mermar			aver mermat
gerund		mermant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mermat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mermi	mermas	merma	mermam	mermatz	merman
	imperfect	mermavi	mermavas	mermava	mermàvem	mermàvetz	mermavan
	preterite	mermèri	mermères	mermèt	mermèrem	mermèretz	mermèron
	future	mermarai	mermaràs	mermarà	mermarem	mermaretz	mermaràn
	conditional	mermariái	mermariás	mermariá	mermariam	mermariatz	mermarián
	conditional 2nd form1	mermèra	mermèras	mermèra	mermeram	mermeratz	mermèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	merme	mermes	merme	mermem	mermetz	mermen
	imperfect	mermèssi	mermèsses	mermèsse	mermèssem	mermèssetz	mermèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			merma		mermem	mermatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mermar			aver mermat
gerund		mermant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mermat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	merme	mermes	merma	mermam	mermatz	mermon
	imperfect	mermave	mermaves	mermava	mermaviam	mermaviatz	mermavon
	preterite	mermere	mermeres	mermet	mermem	mermetz	mermeron
	future	mermarai	mermaràs	mermará	mermarem	mermaretz	mermarán
	conditional	mermariá	mermariás	mermariá	mermariam	mermariatz	mermarián
	conditional 2nd form1	mermèra	mermèras	mermèra	mermeram	mermeratz	mermèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	merme	mermes	merme	mermassiam	mermassiatz	mermon
	imperfect	mermesse	mermesses	mermesse	mermessiam	mermessiatz	mermesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			merma		mermassiam	mermatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		mermar			aver mermat
gerund		mermant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mermat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	mermi	mermas	merma	mermam	mermatz	merman
	imperfect	mermavi	mermavas	mermava	mermàvam	mermàvatz	mermavan
	preterite	mermèi	mermès	mermè	mermèm	mermètz	mermèn
	future	mermarèi	mermaràs	mermarà	mermaram	mermaratz	mermaràn
	conditional	mermarí	mermarés	mermaré	mermarem	mermaretz	mermarén
	conditional 2nd form1	mermèra	mermèras	mermèra	mermeram	mermeratz	mermèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	mermi	mermes	merme	mermem	mermetz	mermen
	imperfect	mermèssi	mermèsses	mermèsse	mermèssem	mermèssetz	mermèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			merma		mermem	mermatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		mermar			aver mermat
gerund		mermant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mermat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	merme	mermas	merma	mermam	mermatz	merman
	imperfect	mermava	mermavas	mermava	mermàvam	mermàvatz	mermavan
	preterite	mermei	mermeras	mermet	mermèram	mermèratz	mermeran
	future	mermarai	mermaràs	mermará	mermarem	mermaretz	mermarán
	conditional	mermariá	mermariàs	mermariá	mermariam	mermariatz	mermarián
	conditional 2nd form1	mermèra	mermèras	mermèra	mermeram	mermeratz	mermèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	merme	mermes	merme	mermem	mermetz	mermen
	imperfect	mermèsse	mermèsses	mermèsse	mermèssem	mermèssetz	mermèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			merma		mermem	mermatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		mermar			aver mermat
gerund		mermant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		mermat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	merme	mermes	merma	mermam	mermatz	merman
	imperfect	mermavi	mermavas	mermava	mermàvem	mermàvetz	mermavan
	preterite	mermère	mermères	mermèt	mermeriam	mermeriatz	mermèron
	future	mermarai	mermaràs	mermarà	mermarem	mermaretz	mermaràn
	conditional	mermariáu	mermariás	mermariá	mermariam	mermariatz	mermarián
	conditional 2nd form1	mermèra	mermèras	mermèra	mermeram	mermeratz	mermèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	merme	mermes	merme	mermem	mermetz	merman
	imperfect	mermèsse	mermèsses	mermèsse	mermessiam	mermessiatz	mermèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			merma		mermem	mermatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin minimāre, a verb based on Latin minimus (“least”). Considering its rather late date of first attestation in Spanish (1603) and the absence of an inherited Portuguese counterpart, Coromines & Pascual suppose it was likely borrowed, through mercantile contacts, from Occitan mermar, a term well-attested since the twelfth century.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾˈmaɾ/ [meɾˈmaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mer‧mar

Verb

mermar (first-person singular present mermo, first-person singular preterite mermé, past participle mermado)

1. to reduce

   Synonyms: disminuir, rebajar, reducir

Conjugation

infinitive			mermar
gerund			mermando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mermado		mermada
		plural		mermados		mermadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mermo	mermastú mermásvos	merma	mermamos	mermáis	merman
	imperfect	mermaba	mermabas	mermaba	mermábamos	mermabais	mermaban
	preterite	mermé	mermaste	mermó	mermamos	mermasteis	mermaron
	future	mermaré	mermarás	mermará	mermaremos	mermaréis	mermarán
	conditional	mermaría	mermarías	mermaría	mermaríamos	mermaríais	mermarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	merme	mermestú mermésvos2	merme	mermemos	merméis	mermen
	imperfect (ra)	mermara	mermaras	mermara	mermáramos	mermarais	mermaran
	imperfect (se)	mermase	mermases	mermase	mermásemos	mermaseis	mermasen
	future1	mermare	mermares	mermare	mermáremos	mermareis	mermaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mermatú mermávos	merme	mermemos	mermad	mermen
	negative		no mermes	no merme	no mermemos	no merméis	no mermen

    Conjugation of mermar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive mermar
	dative	mermarme	mermarte	mermarle, mermarse	mermarnos	mermaros	mermarles, mermarse
	accusative	mermarme	mermarte	mermarlo, mermarla, mermarse	mermarnos	mermaros	mermarlos, mermarlas, mermarse
with gerund mermando
	dative	mermándome	mermándote	mermándole, mermándose	mermándonos	mermándoos	mermándoles, mermándose
	accusative	mermándome	mermándote	mermándolo, mermándola, mermándose	mermándonos	mermándoos	mermándolos, mermándolas, mermándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative merma
	dative	mérmame	mérmate	mérmale	mérmanos	not used	mérmales
	accusative	mérmame	mérmate	mérmalo, mérmala	mérmanos	not used	mérmalos, mérmalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mermá
	dative	mermame	mermate	mermale	mermanos	not used	mermales
	accusative	mermame	mermate	mermalo, mermala	mermanos	not used	mermalos, mermalas
with formal second-person singular imperative merme
	dative	mérmeme	not used	mérmele, mérmese	mérmenos	not used	mérmeles
	accusative	mérmeme	not used	mérmelo, mérmela, mérmese	mérmenos	not used	mérmelos, mérmelas
with first-person plural imperative mermemos
	dative	not used	mermémoste	mermémosle	mermémonos	mermémoos	mermémosles
	accusative	not used	mermémoste	mermémoslo, mermémosla	mermémonos	mermémoos	mermémoslos, mermémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mermad
	dative	mermadme	not used	mermadle	mermadnos	mermaos	mermadles
	accusative	mermadme	not used	mermadlo, mermadla	mermadnos	mermaos	mermadlos, mermadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mermen
	dative	mérmenme	not used	mérmenle	mérmennos	not used	mérmenles, mérmense
	accusative	mérmenme	not used	mérmenlo, mérmenla	mérmennos	not used	mérmenlos, mérmenlas, mérmense

    Selected combined forms of mermar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

References

1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1985) “mermar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 53

Further reading

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