miércoles
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin Mercuriī dīēs, variant of dīēs Mercuriī.
Noun
miércoles m (plural miércoles)
See also
- days of the week (appendix): llunes · martes · miércoles · xueves · vienres · sábadu · domingu [edit]
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.
Noun
miércoles m (plural miércoles)
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, Mierkoles — obsolete, Mierkules — dated, Miyer. — abbreviation, Miyerkules — superseded, pre-2014
- → Taos: míalkulisi
- → Waray-Waray: Miyerkules
Etymology 2
Euphemism for mierda (“shit”).
Interjection
miércoles
See also
| Days of the week in Spanish · días de la semana (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lunes | martes | miércoles | jueves | viernes | sábado | domingo |
Further reading
- “miércoles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024