mercachifle
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb-object compound, composed of merca (“to buy”) + chifle (“whistle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mercachifle m or f by sense (plural mercachifles)
- trader, hawker
- 2015 October 1, “Estamos solos”, in El País[1]:
- Un día, un mercachifle nos llamó singles y fuimos nosotros y nos lo creímos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading[edit]
- “mercachifle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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