merca
Portuguese, noun/ˈmɛʁ.kɐ/
merca is spelled M-E-R-C-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 106,884th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merca is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the act or practice of trading” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of mercar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de objetos comprados, compra”.
What does merca mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe act or practice of trading
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. conjunto de objetos comprados, compra 2. ato de mercar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of merca
- mercas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merca?
- Brazil /ˈmɛʁ.kɐ/
- Brazil [ˈmɛh.kɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is merca in Portuguese?
merca appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).