mercería
Spanish, noun[meɾseˈɾia]
mercería is spelled M-E-R-C-E-R-Í-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 71,694th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercería is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “haberdasher's, haberdashery (a shop selling goods for sewing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trato y comercio de cosas menudas y de poco valor o entidad; como alfileres, botones, cintas, etc”.
What does mercería mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehaberdasher's, haberdashery (a shop selling goods for sewing)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trato y comercio de cosas menudas y de poco valor o entidad; como alfileres, botones, cintas, etc. 2. Conjunto de artículos de esta clase. 3. Tienda en la que se venden dichos artículos.
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 mercería
- mercerías plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercería?
- [meɾseˈɾia]
- [meɾθeˈɾia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mercería
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mercería in Spanish?
mercería appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).