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)

1. (obsolete) merchant

   Synonym: mercader

Further reading

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