mercadero

Spanish

Etymology

From mercado (“market”) +‎ -ero. Replaced by mercader, from Catalan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meɾkaˈdeɾo/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞e.ɾo]
Rhymes: -eɾo
Syllabification: mer‧ca‧de‧ro

Noun

mercadero m (plural mercaderos, feminine mercadera, feminine plural mercaderas)

(obsolete) merchant
Synonym: mercader

Further reading

“mercadero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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