mercadear

Spanish

Etymology

From mercado +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɾkadeˈaɾ/ [meɾ.ka.ð̞eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mer‧ca‧de‧ar

Verb

mercadear (first-person singular present mercadeo, first-person singular preterite mercadeé, past participle mercadeado)

1. (intransitive) to trade

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mercadear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mercadear
gerund			mercadeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mercadeado		mercadeada
		plural		mercadeados		mercadeadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mercadeo	mercadeastú mercadeásvos	mercadea	mercadeamos	mercadeáis	mercadean
	imperfect	mercadeaba	mercadeabas	mercadeaba	mercadeábamos	mercadeabais	mercadeaban
	preterite	mercadeé	mercadeaste	mercadeó	mercadeamos	mercadeasteis	mercadearon
	future	mercadearé	mercadearás	mercadeará	mercadearemos	mercadearéis	mercadearán
	conditional	mercadearía	mercadearías	mercadearía	mercadearíamos	mercadearíais	mercadearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mercadee	mercadeestú mercadeésvos2	mercadee	mercadeemos	mercadeéis	mercadeen
	imperfect (ra)	mercadeara	mercadearas	mercadeara	mercadeáramos	mercadearais	mercadearan
	imperfect (se)	mercadease	mercadeases	mercadease	mercadeásemos	mercadeaseis	mercadeasen
	future1	mercadeare	mercadeares	mercadeare	mercadeáremos	mercadeareis	mercadearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mercadeatú mercadeávos	mercadee	mercadeemos	mercadead	mercadeen
	negative		no mercadees	no mercadee	no mercadeemos	no mercadeéis	no mercadeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of mercadear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive mercadear
	dative	mercadearme	mercadearte	mercadearle, mercadearse	mercadearnos	mercadearos	mercadearles, mercadearse
	accusative	mercadearme	mercadearte	mercadearlo, mercadearla, mercadearse	mercadearnos	mercadearos	mercadearlos, mercadearlas, mercadearse
with gerund mercadeando
	dative	mercadeándome	mercadeándote	mercadeándole, mercadeándose	mercadeándonos	mercadeándoos	mercadeándoles, mercadeándose
	accusative	mercadeándome	mercadeándote	mercadeándolo, mercadeándola, mercadeándose	mercadeándonos	mercadeándoos	mercadeándolos, mercadeándolas, mercadeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mercadea
	dative	mercadéame	mercadéate	mercadéale	mercadéanos	not used	mercadéales
	accusative	mercadéame	mercadéate	mercadéalo, mercadéala	mercadéanos	not used	mercadéalos, mercadéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mercadeá
	dative	mercadeame	mercadeate	mercadeale	mercadeanos	not used	mercadeales
	accusative	mercadeame	mercadeate	mercadealo, mercadeala	mercadeanos	not used	mercadealos, mercadealas
with formal second-person singular imperative mercadee
	dative	mercadéeme	not used	mercadéele, mercadéese	mercadéenos	not used	mercadéeles
	accusative	mercadéeme	not used	mercadéelo, mercadéela, mercadéese	mercadéenos	not used	mercadéelos, mercadéelas
with first-person plural imperative mercadeemos
	dative	not used	mercadeémoste	mercadeémosle	mercadeémonos	mercadeémoos	mercadeémosles
	accusative	not used	mercadeémoste	mercadeémoslo, mercadeémosla	mercadeémonos	mercadeémoos	mercadeémoslos, mercadeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mercadead
	dative	mercadeadme	not used	mercadeadle	mercadeadnos	mercadeaos	mercadeadles
	accusative	mercadeadme	not used	mercadeadlo, mercadeadla	mercadeadnos	mercadeaos	mercadeadlos, mercadeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mercadeen
	dative	mercadéenme	not used	mercadéenle	mercadéennos	not used	mercadéenles, mercadéense
	accusative	mercadéenme	not used	mercadéenlo, mercadéenla	mercadéennos	not used	mercadéenlos, mercadéenlas, mercadéense

Further reading

• “mercadear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014