merced
sustantivo:femenino
1 (anticuado) (favor) favour; favor; (EEUU)
hacer a algn la merced de hacer algo to do sb the favour of doing sth; tenga la merced de hacerlo please be so good as to do it
merced
∗merced
feminine noun
1favor
- merced a -> thanks to
- a merced de algo/alguien -> at the mercy of something/somebody
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merced [mer-thed’]
noun
1Gift, favor (favor), grace, mercy. (f)
2Wages, pay for services especially to day-laborers. (f)
3Will, pleasure. (f)
4Appellation of civility, with which untitled persons are addressed. (f)
- Vuestra or vuesa merced -> your honor, your worship, sir
5A religious military order, whose chief object is to redeem captives. (f)
- Estar a merced -> to live at another’s expense
- Hágame usted la merced -> do me the favor
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