mercantil
Spanish, adjective/meɾkanˈtil/
mercantil is spelled M-E-R-C-A-N-T-I-L (9 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 10,117th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercantil is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “mercantile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perteneciente o relacionado al comercio, a la mercancía, o al mercader que lo practica”.
What does mercantil mean in English?
adjective
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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. Perteneciente o relacionado al comercio, a la mercancía, o al mercader que lo practica.
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 mercantil
- mercantiles feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercantil?
- /meɾkanˈtil/
- [meɾ.kãn̪ˈt̪il]
- [meɾkãn̪ˈt̪il]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mercantil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mercantil in Spanish?
mercantil appears 6.3 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).