merienda

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) afternoon snack
2. (feminine) nuncheon
3. (feminine) tea (afternoon meal)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of merendar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of merendar:

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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Concepts

snack

lunch

food

🍽️

light meal

luncheon

meal

picnic

supper

tea

🫖

tiffin

break

dejeuner

collation

Synonyms

refrigerio

almuerzo

comida

🍽️

colación

cena

refacción

tapa

tentempié

víveres

fiambre

lonche

previsión

yantar

comida ligera

pasapalo

piquislabis

"pasabocas"

"pasapalos"

bala fría

🥪

botana

antojito

pasaboca

tiffin

onces

tentenpie

abundancia

onces

alimento

🍽️

aperitivo

manjar

piscolabis

Translations

merenda

merenda

goûter

berenar

collation

lanche

Jause

pranzo

Vesperbrot

spuntino

Abendbrot

Brotzeit

dîner

Vesper

وجبة خفيفة

Hyphenated as

me‧rien‧da

Pronounced as (IPA)

/meˈɾjenda/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish: -

Inherited from Latin: merenda

Cognate with Italian: -

Cognate with Portuguese: merenda

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin merenda. Compare Italian and Portuguese merenda.