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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese mercado (literally “market”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mercado m (plural mercados)
- flea market: Synonym of marché aux puces
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercātus.
Pronunciation
Noun
mercado m (plural mercados)
- marketplace
- Synonyms: campo da feira, praza, praza do mercado
- market
- Synonym: feira
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
- Ernesto 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: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “mercado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “mercado” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “mercado” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “mercado” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercātus.
Noun
mercado m (plural mercados)
- market (all senses)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:mercado.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
mercado (feminine mercada, masculine plural mercados, feminine plural mercadas)
- past participle of mercar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɾˈkado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: mer‧ca‧do
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin mercātus. Doublet of marqueta.
Noun
mercado m (plural mercados)
- market
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
mercado (feminine mercada, masculine plural mercados, feminine plural mercadas)
- past participle of mercar
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