mexerica

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ʃeˈɾi.kɐ/, /mi.ʃiˈɾi.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.ʃeˈɾi.ka/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨ.ʃɨˈɾi.kɐ/

  • Hyphenation: me‧xe‧ri‧ca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from mexericar.[1] Alternatively, mexericar +‎ -ica

Noun

mexerica f (plural mexericas)

  1. (Brazil) mandarin orange (fruit of the Citrus reticulata tree)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tangerina

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mexerica

  1. inflection of mexericar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References
  1. “mexerica” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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