mercader

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mercat (market) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

mercader m (plural mercaders, feminine mercadera)

  1. merchant

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Descendants[edit]

  • Spanish: mercader

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Old Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Catalan mercader, the native formation being mercadero.

Noun[edit]

mercader m (plural mercaders)

  1. merchant (person who traffics in commodities for profit)
    • ca. 1300, anonymous, Libro del cavallero Cifar f. 94v, (ed. by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua, pub. by Universidad de Zaragoza, 2003):
      —Dime, amigo, ¿para qué serías tú bueno?
      —¡Ay hombre bueno!—dixo él—, ¿y quién vos dixo mi nombre?
      —¿Y cómo?—dixo el mercader—, ¿Amigo te dizen?
      —Amigo—dixo él—me dizen.
      —Plázeme—dixo el mercader.
      "Tell me, amigo, what are you good at?"
      "Oh, my good man," he said, "who told you my name?"
      "What do you mean?" said the merchant, "Is Amigo your name?"
      "It is Amigo," said he.
      "I like that," said the merchant.

Descendants[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Spanish mercader.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /meɾkaˈdeɾ/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: mer‧ca‧der

Noun[edit]

mercader m (plural mercaderes, feminine mercader or mercadera, feminine plural mercaderes or mercaderas)

  1. merchant (person who traffics in commodities for profit)
    Synonym: mercante

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