🇵🇹 Portuguese

mercado

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

o mercado

market

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mercado
/u meʁˈkadu/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mercado in Portuguese?

IPA
/u meʁˈkadu/

How do you pronounce mercado in Portuguese?

mercado is pronounced /u meʁˈkadu/ in Portuguese.

Example sentences

O mercado brasileiro está fechado hoje porque é feriado nacional.

The Brazilian market is closed today because it is a national holiday.

O mercado local foi reconstruído após o incêndio devastador que ocorreu no mês passado.

The local market was rebuilt after the devastating fire that occurred last month.

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Why is it masculine?

Mercado is masculine in Portuguese because it derives from Latin "mercatus" (masculine), the past participle of "mercari" (to trade), which became a noun meaning market or commerce. The masculine gender was preserved through the regular sound changes from Latin to Portuguese, where Latin masculine nouns typically became masculine in the Romance languages.

What is the Portuguese word for market?

The Portuguese word for market is o mercado — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchmarchélemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishmercadoelmasculine
🇮🇹 Italianmercatoilmasculine

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