Kilo Lingo

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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.

¿ ?

Can you pick something up at the supermarket on the way home?

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This word is part of lesson 68.