Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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

  • Hyphenation: me‧xe‧ri‧ca

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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mexerica f (plural mexericas)

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

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mexerica

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

References

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  1. ^ mexerica”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024