mercadero
Spanish
Etymology
From mercado (“market”) + -ero. Replaced by mercader, from Catalan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɾkaˈdeɾo/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞e.ɾo]
- Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: mer‧ca‧de‧ro
Noun
mercadero m (plural mercaderos, feminine mercadera, feminine plural mercaderas)
- (obsolete) merchant
- Synonym: mercader
Further reading
- “mercadero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014