mercado

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese mercado (literally “market”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mɛʁ.ka.do/ === Noun === mercado m (plural mercados) flea market: synonym of marché aux puces == Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercātus. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /meɾˈkado/ [meɾˈkɑ.ð̞ʊ] Rhymes: -ado Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧do ==== Noun ==== mercado m (plural mercados) marketplace Synonyms: campo da feira, praza, praza do mercado 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) past participle of mercar === References === 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 == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meɾˈkado/ Rhymes: -ado Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧do === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin mercātus, from mercor (“to trade, traffic, deal”) + -tus (action noun suffix). By surface analysis, mercar +‎ -ado. ==== Noun ==== mercado m (plural mercados) marketplace (open area in a town housing a public market) trade; deal ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Fala: mercau Galician: mercado Portuguese: mercado→ Hunsrik: Mërkaat === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== mercado past participle of mercar === References === Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “mercado”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mercado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mercado”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧do === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercātus. ==== Noun ==== mercado m (plural mercados) market; marketplace (open area in a town housing a public market) Synonyms: feira, venda market; grocery (store where groceries can be purchased) market (group of potential customers for one's product) market (geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists) (uncountable) market (the world of commerce and trade) (figurative) marketplace (a place or sphere for the exchange of anything) Synonym: bazar ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Hunsrik: Mërkaat === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Participle ==== mercado (feminine mercada, masculine plural mercados, feminine plural mercadas) past participle of mercar === Further reading === “mercado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “mercado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /meɾˈkado/ [meɾˈka.ð̞o] Rhymes: -ado Syllabification: mer‧ca‧do === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin mercātus. Doublet of marqueta. ==== Noun ==== mercado m (plural mercados) market ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== 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) past participle of mercar === Further reading === “mercado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025