mercadillo

Spanish

Etymology

From mercado +‎ -illo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /meɾkaˈdiʝo/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞i.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meɾkaˈdiʝo/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞i.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meɾkaˈdiʎo/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞i.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meɾkaˈdiʃo/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞i.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meɾkaˈdiʒo/ [meɾ.kaˈð̞i.ʒo]

 

• Rhymes: -iʝo

• (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -iʝo
• (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -iʎo
• (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -iʃo
• (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -iʒo

• Syllabification: mer‧ca‧di‧llo

Noun

mercadillo m (plural mercadillos)

1. street market, flea market

   Synonyms: rastrillo, mercado de las pulgas, rastro

Further reading

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