mercare

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See also: mercaré

Asturian

Verb

mercare

  1. inflection of mercar:
    1. first/third-person singular pluperfect indicative
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect preterite subjunctive

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /merˈka.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: mer‧cà‧re

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin mercārī (“to trade, deal”).

Verb

mercàre (first-person singular present mèrco, first-person singular past historic mercài, past participle mercàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic)

  1. (intransitive) to trade, to deal, to haggle
    Synonym: mercanteggiare
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso, Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XVI, page 288, lines 61–63:
      tal fatto è fiorentino e cambia e merca, ¶ che si sarebbe vòlto a Simifonti, ¶ là dove andava l'avolo a la cerca;
      Some who turn Florentines, and trade and discount, would have gone back again to Simifonte, there where their grandsires went about as beggars
  2. (transitive) to buy, to purchase
    Synonyms: acquistare, comprare
  3. (transitive) to trade, to deal
    Synonym: commerciare
  4. (figurative) to get, to obtain
    Synonym: procurarsi
    • Pur lagrime e sospiri e dolor merco ― I only obtain tears, sighs and grief
Conjugation
    Conjugation of mercàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive mercàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund mercàndo
present participle mercànte past participle mercàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mèrco mèrchi mèrca merchiàmo mercàte mèrcano
imperfect mercàvo mercàvi mercàva mercavàmo mercavàte mercàvano
past historic mercài mercàsti mercò mercàmmo mercàste mercàrono
future mercherò mercherài mercherà mercherémo mercheréte mercherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mercherèi mercherésti mercherèbbe, mercherébbe mercherémmo mercheréste mercherèbbero, mercherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present mèrchi mèrchi mèrchi merchiàmo merchiàte mèrchino
imperfect mercàssi mercàssi mercàsse mercàssimo mercàste mercàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
mèrca mèrchi merchiàmo mercàte mèrchino
negative imperative non mercàre non mèrchi non merchiàmo non mercàte non mèrchino
Related terms

Further reading

  • mercare1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Occitan mercar, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *markōną (“to mark; to notice”).

Verb

mercàre (first-person singular present mèrco, first-person singular past historic mercài, past participle mercàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, central-southern Italy) to brand (to mark cattle with as proofof ownership)
Conjugation
    Conjugation of mercàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive mercàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund mercàndo
present participle mercànte past participle mercàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mèrco mèrchi mèrca merchiàmo mercàte mèrcano
imperfect mercàvo mercàvi mercàva mercavàmo mercavàte mercàvano
past historic mercài mercàsti mercò mercàmmo mercàste mercàrono
future mercherò mercherài mercherà mercherémo mercheréte mercherànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present mercherèi mercherésti mercherèbbe, mercherébbe mercherémmo mercheréste mercherèbbero, mercherébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present mèrchi mèrchi mèrchi merchiàmo merchiàte mèrchino
imperfect mercàssi mercàssi mercàsse mercàssimo mercàste mercàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
mèrca mèrchi merchiàmo mercàte mèrchino
negative imperative non mercàre non mèrchi non merchiàmo non mercàte non mèrchino
Derived terms

Further reading

  • mercare2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

mercāre

  1. second-person singular present active imperative/indicative of mercor

Spanish

Verb

mercare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of mercar
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