mercare

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Asturian[edit]

Verb[edit]

mercare

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

Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Latin mercārī (to trade, deal).

Verb[edit]

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 [auxiliary avere]
    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 mercoI only obtain tears, sighs and grief
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Further reading[edit]

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

Etymology 2[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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)
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Further reading[edit]

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

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

mercāre

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

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

mercare

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