mercader

See also: Mercader

Catalan

Etymology

From mercat (market) + -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

mercader m (plural mercaders, feminine mercadera)

  1. merchant

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Spanish: mercader

Further reading

Old Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Catalan mercader, the native formation being mercadero.

Noun

mercader m (plural mercaders)

  1. merchant (person who traffics in commodities for profit)
    • ca. 1300, anonymous, Libro del cavallero Cifar f. 94v, (ed. by Juan Manuel Cacho Blecua, pub. by Universidad de Zaragoza, 2003):
      —Dime, amigo, ¿para qué serías tú bueno?
      —¡Ay hombre bueno!—dixo él—, ¿y quién vos dixo mi nombre?
      —¿Y cómo?—dixo el mercader—, ¿Amigo te dizen?
      —Amigo—dixo él—me dizen.
      —Plázeme—dixo el mercader.
      "Tell me, amigo, what are you good at?"
      "Oh, my good man," he said, "who told you my name?"
      "What do you mean?" said the merchant, "Is Amigo your name?"
      "It is Amigo," said he.
      "I like that," said the merchant.

Descendants

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish mercader.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /meɾkaˈdeɾ/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞eɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: mer‧ca‧der

Noun

mercader m (plural mercaderes, feminine mercader or mercadera, feminine plural mercaderes or mercaderas)

  1. merchant (person who traffics in commodities for profit)
    Synonym: mercante

Derived terms

Further reading

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