merceeiro
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mercẽeiro, ultimately from Latin merx (“merchandise, goods”). By surface analysis, from mercearia + -eiro.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /meʁ.seˈe(j).ɾu/ [meh.seˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /meʁ.siˈe(j).ɾu/ [meh.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /meʁˈsje(j).ɾu/ [mehˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /meɾ.seˈe(j).ɾu/ [meɾ.seˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /meɾ.siˈe(j).ɾu/ [meɾ.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /meɾˈsje(j).ɾu/ [meɾˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /meʁ.seˈe(j).ɾu/ [meχ.seˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /meʁ.siˈe(j).ɾu/ [meχ.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /meʁˈsje(j).ɾu/ [meχˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /meɻ.seˈe(j).ɾu/ [meɻ.seˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], /meɻ.siˈe(j).ɾu/ [meɻ.sɪˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu], (faster pronunciation) /meɻˈsje(j).ɾu/ [meɻˈsje(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /meʁ.seˈe(j).ɾo/ [meh.seˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨɾˈsjɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨɾˈsjej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨɾˈsjej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨɾˈsje.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: mer‧ce‧ei‧ro
Noun
merceeiro m (plural merceeiros, feminine merceeira, feminine plural merceeiras)
- grocer (the owner of a stall or small market)
- (derogatory) a person considered rude or not very polite
Related terms
Further reading
- “merceeiro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “merceeiro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026