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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mercẽeiro, ultimately from Latin merx (“merchandise, goods”). By surface analysis, from mercearia + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meʁ.seˈe(j).ɾu/ , /meʁ.siˈe(j).ɾu/ , (faster pronunciation) /meʁˈsje(j).ɾu/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meʁ.seˈe(j).ɾu/ , /meʁ.siˈe(j).ɾu/ , (faster pronunciation) /meʁˈsje(j).ɾu/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /meɾ.seˈe(j).ɾu/ , /meɾ.siˈe(j).ɾu/ , (faster pronunciation) /meɾˈsje(j).ɾu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /meʁ.seˈe(j).ɾu/ , /meʁ.siˈe(j).ɾu/ , (faster pronunciation) /meʁˈsje(j).ɾu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meɻ.seˈe(j).ɾo/
- Hyphenation: mer‧ce‧ei‧ro
Noun
merceeiro m (plural merceeiros, feminine merceeira, feminine plural merceeiras)
- grocer (the owner of a stall or small market)
- (derogatory) a person considered rude or not very polite