mercê

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See also: merce, mercé, mérce, mērce, mērcē, and Mercè

Portuguese

Alternative forms

merce (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mercee, from Latin mercēdem (“wages, fee, price”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈse/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾˈse/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁˈse/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meɻˈse/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾˈse/

Rhymes: -e
Hyphenation: mer‧cê

Noun

mercê f (plural mercês)

grace, mercy
O barco estava à mercê do vento e das ondas.
The ship was at the mercy of the wind and the waves.

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