miércoles
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin Mercuriī dīēs, variant of dīēs Mercuriī.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmjeɾkoles/ [ˈmjeɾ.ko.les]
- Rhymes: -eɾkoles
- Syllabification: miér‧co‧les
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin diēs Mercurī, with ellipsis of "day", dissimilation of R-L and the ending analogically reshaped after most other days of the week.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Chavacano: miercoles
- → Bikol Central: Myerkoles
- → Cebuano: Miyerkoles
- → Chamorro: metkoles
- → Guerrero Amuzgo: mikluè
- → Hiligaynon: Miyerkoles
- → Ilocano: Mierkoles
- → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: miexkolex
- → Pangasinan: Mierkoles
- → Tagalog: Miyerkoles, Miyer.; Miyerkules
- → Taos: míalkulisi
- → Waray-Waray: Miyerkules
Etymology 2
Euphemism for mierda (“shit”).
See also
Further reading
- “miércoles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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