merendar

  1. to have a snack, especially in the period between lunch and dinner
  2. (informal) to defeat in some game or competition

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Hyphenated as
me‧ren‧dar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/meɾenˈdaɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish merendar, from (rare) Late Latin merendāre (“to take a late lunch”), from Classical Latin merenda (“luncheon taken around tea-time”), from mereō (“to earn, deserve”).

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