mercado

See also: Mercado

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese mercado (literally “market”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.ka.do/

Noun

mercado m (plural mercados)

1. flea market: Synonym of marché aux puces

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmeɾkado/ [ˈmeɾ.kɑ.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -eɾkado
• Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧do

Noun

mercado m (plural mercados)

1. marketplace

   Synonyms: campo da feira, praza, praza do mercado

2. market

   Synonym: feira

Related terms

• mercar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mercado (feminine mercada, masculine plural mercados, feminine plural mercadas)

1. past participle of mercar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mercado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mercado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mercado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mercado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mercado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈka.du/ [mehˈka.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈka.du/ [mehˈka.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾˈka.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁˈka.du/ [meχˈka.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meɻˈka.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾˈka.du/ [mɨɾˈka.ðu]

• Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧do

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercātus.

Noun

mercado m (plural mercados)

1. market (all senses)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:mercado.

Derived terms

• hipermercado
• mercado de trabalho
• mercado negro
• supermercado

 

Related terms

• mercar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mercado (feminine mercada, masculine plural mercados, feminine plural mercadas)

1. past participle of mercar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾˈkado/ [meɾˈka.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: mer‧ca‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mercātus. Doublet of marqueta.

Noun

mercado m (plural mercados)

1. market

Derived terms

• automercado
• buen mercado
• economía de mercado
• fallo de mercado
• hacer el mercado
• hipermercado
• mal mercado
• mercado de derivados
• mercado de divisas
• mercado de pulgas
• mercado de valores
• mercado del carbono
• mercado laboral
• mercado libre
• mercado negro
• minimercado
• riesgo de mercado
• segmento de mercado
• supermercado
• valor de mercado

 

Related terms

• mercader
• mercadería
• mercar

 

Descendants

• → Cebuano: merkado
• → Waray-Waray: merkado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mercado (feminine mercada, masculine plural mercados, feminine plural mercadas)

1. past participle of mercar

Further reading

• “mercado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014