el
masculine
/supeɾmeɾˈkaðo/
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Translation
supermarket
Word origin
A compound of super- ('above, beyond'), from Latin super, plus mercado ('market'), from Latin mercatus ('trade, marketplace'). The same root gives English 'market' and 'merchant'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- super + mercatus
- English cognates
- market, merchant, commerce
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralsupermercados
Examples
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I am going to the supermarket to buy milk and bread.
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The supermarket is open until ten at night.
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There is a new supermarket near my house.
razonables.
The prices at this supermarket are very reasonable.
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Can you pick something up at the supermarket on the way home?
Used in
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