mercadura
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mercātūra, from mercor (“I trade, deal, sell”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [meɾ.kaˈðu.ɾa]
Noun
mercadura f (plural mercaduras)
- goods, merchandise
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v.
- Cataró ¬ vieró vna requa de paganos de los de ẏſmael. E vinien de galaat có ſos camellos cargados de mercaduras e ẏuá a egipto
- They looked up and saw a pagan caravan, of those of Ishmael. And they were coming from Gilead with their camels loaded with goods, and they were headed to Egypt.
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v.
Synonyms
- mercaduria f
Related terms
- mercader, mercado