mercado

See also: Mercado

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese mercado (literally “market”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛʁ.ka.do/

Noun

mercado m (plural mercados)

1. flea market: synonym of marché aux puces

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾˈkado/ [meɾˈkɑ.ð̞ʊ]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧do

Noun

mercado m (plural mercados)

1. marketplace

   Synonyms: campo da feira, praza, praza do mercado

2. market

   Synonym: feira

Related terms

• mercar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mercado (feminine mercada, masculine plural mercados, feminine plural mercadas)

1. past participle of mercar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mercado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mercado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mercado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾˈkado/
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mercātus. By surface analysis, mercar +‎ -ado.

Noun

mercado m (plural mercados)

1. marketplace (open area in a town housing a public market)
2. trade; deal

Derived terms

• de mercado
• mal mercado

Descendants

• Fala: mercau
• Galician: mercado
• Portuguese: mercado
  • → Hunsrik: Mërkaat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mercado

1. past participle of mercar

References

• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “mercado”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “mercado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “mercado”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈka.du/ [mehˈka.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈka.du/ [mehˈka.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾˈka.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁˈka.du/ [meχˈka.du]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /meɻˈka.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈka.do/ [mehˈka.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾˈka.du/ [mɨɾˈka.ðu]

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Hyphenation: mer‧ca‧do

Etymology 1

Mercado Municipal de São Paulo

Etymology tree

Latin mercātus

Old Galician-Portuguese mercado

Portuguese mercado

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mercado, from Latin mercātus.

Noun

mercado m (plural mercados)

1. market; marketplace (open area in a town housing a public market)

   Synonyms: feira, venda

2. market; grocery (store where groceries can be purchased)
3. market (group of potential customers for one's product)
4. market (geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists)
5. (uncountable) market (the world of commerce and trade)
   • 2007, Márcia Tolotti, As Armadilhas do Consumo, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 51:

     O desejo por status pode ser considerado, no seu extremo, uma doença moderna e coletiva. Isso ocorre quando a falta ou a escassez de bens materiais representa um autodesprezo e uma prova de inferioridade. Para combater tal sensação, algumas pessoas se lançam no mercado como verdadeiros kamikazes do consumo.

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6. (figurative) marketplace (a place or sphere for the exchange of anything)

   Synonym: bazar

Derived terms

• economia de mercado
• fatia de mercado
• hipermercado
• mercado altista
• mercado das pulgas
• mercado de ações
• mercado de trabalho
• mercado livre
• mercado negro
• mercado público
• parcela de mercado
• participação em mercado
• supermercado

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Mërkaat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mercado (feminine mercada, masculine plural mercados, feminine plural mercadas)

1. past participle of mercar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾˈkado/ [meɾˈka.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: mer‧ca‧do

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin mercātus. Doublet of marqueta.

Noun

mercado m (plural mercados)

1. market
   • 2015 September 26, José Precedo, “Disney sucede a Disney en la guerra de los juguetes”, in El País‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 February 2026:

     Fernando Pérez, director de NPD España, sostiene que el resultado de la campaña “es imprevisible” pero cita el caso de las muñecas Monster High que en 2011 acapararon una cuota de mercado del 8%, si se suman los productos que fabrica la marca Mattel, la mayor multinacional de juguetes del mundo, y los que dejó en manos de terceros a través de licencias (estos últimos alcanzaron el 2,7% de las ventas) .

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   Synonym: palenque (Philippines)

Derived terms

• automercado
• buen mercado
• cuota de mercado
• economía de mercado
• fallo de mercado
• hacer el mercado
• hipermercado
• mal mercado
• mercado de derivados
• mercado de divisas
• mercado de pulgas
• mercado de trabajo
• mercado de valores
• mercado del carbono
• mercado laboral
• mercado libre
• mercado negro
• minimercado
• riesgo de mercado
• segmento de mercado
• supermercado
• valor de mercado

Related terms

• mercader
• mercadería
• mercar

Descendants

• → Cebuano: merkado
• → Waray-Waray: merkado

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

mercado (feminine mercada, masculine plural mercados, feminine plural mercadas)

1. past participle of mercar

Further reading

• “mercado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025