mercearia

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian merceria.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.se.aˈɾi.ɐ/ [meh.se.aˈɾi.ɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾ.se.aˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁ.se.aˈɾi.ɐ/ [meχ.se.aˈɾi.ɐ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /meɻ.se.aˈɾi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁ.se.aˈɾi.a/ [meh.se.aˈɾi.a]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾ.sjɐˈɾi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: mer‧ce‧a‧ri‧a

Noun

mercearia f (plural mercearias)

grocery store, grocer's, bodega

Further reading

“mercearia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“mercearia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026