Usage examples of "merecen" in Spanish with translation to English

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Todos tienen lo que se merecen. Everyone has what he deserves.
Después de torturar a un adivino haciéndole cosquillas una y otra vez durante horas, Cristóbal Colón puso el muñeco del novato en un cofre con la inscripción "al gran pirata del futuro Al-Sayib: los novatos siempre se lo merecen". After torturing a fortune-teller by tickling him to death for several hours, Christopher Columbus placed the noob toy in a treasure chest with the inscription: "To the great pirate of the future Al-Sayib: Noobs always deserve it."
Soy el Monstruo del Espagueti Volante. No adorarás a otros monstruos antes que a Mí. (Después está bien, sólo usa protección). ¡El único monstruo que merece ir con mayúscula soy Yo! Los otros monstruos son monstruos falsos, que no merecen ir con mayúscula. I am the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Thou shalt have no other monsters before Me. (Afterwards is OK; just use protection.) The only Monster who deserves capitalization is Me! Other monsters are false monsters, undeserving of capitalization.
Tom merece estar en prisión. Tom deserves to be in prison.
El que roba merece castigo. A person who steals deserves punishment.
Todo esfuerzo merece una recompensa. Every effort deserves reward.
Tom no merece otra chance. Tom doesn't deserve another chance.
Ese candidato merece nuestro apoyo. That candidate deserves our support.
¿Qué hice para merecer esto? What did I do to deserve this?
Tom se merecía el castigo. Tom deserved the punishment.
Sé que no te merezco. I know that I don't deserve you.
Tom no se merece otra oportunidad. Tom doesn't deserve another chance.
Tom sentía que merecía una explicación. Tom felt that he deserved an explanation.
Todo el mundo merece una segunda oportunidad. Everyone deserves a second chance.
Toda nación tiene el gobierno que merece. Every country has the government it deserves.
Cada país tiene el gobierno que se merece. Every country has the government it deserves.
Todo el mundo tiene lo que se merece. Everyone has what he deserves.
Todo el mundo se merece una segunda oportunidad. Everyone deserves a second chance.
No mereces nada de lo que te hago. You don't deserve any of what I do to you.
Ciertamente Tom no merecía la pena que obtuvo. Tom certainly didn't deserve the punishment he received.
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