merca
Asturian
Verb
merca
- inflection of mercar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾka/ [ˈmɛɾ.kɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɛɾka
- Hyphenation: mer‧ca
Verb
merca
- buys; inflection of mercar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
- Non oíu ¿Quén merca o leite?
- Didn't you hear. Who buys the milk?
Further reading
- “mercar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mercar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mercar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “merca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Latin
Verb
mercā
- second-person singular present active imperative of mercō
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʁ.kɐ/ [ˈmɛh.kɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾ.kɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈmɛʁ.kɐ/ [ˈmɛχ.kɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɻ.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɛɾ.kɐ/
Etymology 1
Deverbal from mercar.
Noun
merca f (plural mercas)
- the act or practice of trading
Etymology 2
Verb
merca
- inflection of mercar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmeɾka/ [ˈmeɾ.ka]
- Rhymes: -eɾka
- Syllabification: mer‧ca
Etymology 1
From mercancía or deverbal from mercar.
Noun
merca f (plural mercas)
- (slang) action of buying
- (slang, Rioplatense) cocaine
Etymology 2
Verb
merca
- inflection of mercar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “merca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
- “merca”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010