medra

See also: medrá

Asturian

Verb

medra

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

Galician

Etymology 1

Back-formation from medrar (“to grow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛðɾɐ]

Noun

medra f (plural medras)

1. growth, increase

   Synonym: crecemento

2. advancement

   Synonyms: ascenso, progreso, promoción

3. growth spurt
   • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:

     Afonso:
     Eu brindo po la saude
     da nosa Siñora Reyna
     Christobo:
     Eu brindo po lo Infante,
     que Deus lle dè moytas medras.

     Afonso:
     "I toast the health
     of our Lady the Queen"
     Cristobo:
     "I toast the prince,
     God give him many growths"

4. tree ring
5. acne

Derived terms

• para as medras (“too large”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “medra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “medra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “medra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Etymology 2

Verb

medra

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

Ladino

Alternative forms

• merda

Etymology

A metathesis (perhaps euphemistic) of Old Spanish mierda (“shit”), from Latin merdam (“shit”), from Proto-Italic *(s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European *smerd-h₂- (“stench”). Compare Spanish mierda.

Noun

medra f (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling מידרה)

1. (vulgar) shit; crap

   Synonym: bok

Portuguese

Verb

medra

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmedɾa/ [ˈme.ð̞ɾa]
• Rhymes: -edɾa
• Syllabification: me‧dra

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

medra f (plural medras)

1. improvement, progress
2. growth, increase

Related terms

• medrar
• medro

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

medra

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

Further reading

• “medra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Welsh

Alternative forms

• medraf (first-person singular)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdra/
• Rhymes: -ɛdra

Verb

medra

1. inflection of medru:
   1. first-person singular present/future colloquial
   2. (rare) second-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of medra

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
medra	fedra	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.