mercante
Spanish, noun/meɾˈkante/
mercante is spelled M-E-R-C-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,682nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercante is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “merchant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abreviación de buque mercante; barco utilizado para comerciar y transportar mercaderías de un lugar a otro…”.
What does mercante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que merca.
noun: 1. Abreviación de buque mercante; barco utilizado para comerciar y transportar mercaderías de un lugar a otro, normalmente en trayectos muy largos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mercante
- mercantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercante?
- /meɾˈkante/
- [meɾˈkãn̪.t̪e]
- [meɾˈkãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mercante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mercante in Spanish?
mercante appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).