el

masculine

/meɾˈkaðo/

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Translation

market

Word origin

From Latin mercatus ('trade, marketplace'), from merx ('goods, merchandise'). The same root gives English market, merchant and commerce.

Origin: Latin
Root: mercatus
English cognates: market, merchant, commerce

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralmercados

Examples

I go to the market on Saturday mornings.

At the market there is fruit cheaper than at the shop.

Her father sells fish at the village market.

The market was full of people this morning.

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We bought bread, cheese and vegetables at the market.

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This word is part of lesson 27.