mercador

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mercador, from Latin mercātōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kaˈdoʁ/ [meh.kaˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kaˈdoʁ/ [meh.kaˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾ.kaˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁ.kaˈdoʁ/ [meχ.kaˈdoχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /meɻ.kaˈdoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kɐˈdoɾ/ [mɨɾ.kɐˈðoɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kɐˈdoɾ/ [mɨɾ.kɐˈðoɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.kɐˈdo.ɾi/ [mɨɾ.kɐˈðo.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧dor

Noun

mercador m (plural mercadores, feminine mercadora, feminine plural mercadoras)

1. merchant, dealer, chandler, tradesman

Further reading

• “mercador”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “mercador”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026