mercê
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- merce (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese mercee, from Latin mercēdem, accusative of mercēs (“wages, fee, price”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mer‧cê
Noun
mercê f (plural mercês)
- grace, mercy
- O barco estava à mercê do vento e das ondas.
- The ship was at the mercy of the wind and the waves.
Derived terms
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- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Portuguese terms inherited from Latin
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