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The meaning of the Spanish word "merecer" and how you use it

merecer
(v.) (infinitive) to deserve
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Clickable Example Sentences

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No hice nada para merecer esto .
I didn't do anything to deserve this.
No sabemos qué hicimos para merecer este castigo .
We don't know what we did to deserve this punishment.
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Video Examples

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No entiendo qué hice para merecer esto .
I don't understand what I did to deserve this.
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y esa no es la letra que hicimos . Como sea , señor , en serio creo merecer estar en esa unidad :
and that's not the lyrics that we did. Anyway, sir, I really think I deserve to be in that unit:
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aunque tenían altas calificaciones , no creían merecer sus lugares en la universidad .
although they had high grades, they did not think that they deserved their places at the university.
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