mercadinho
Portuguese, noun/meʁ.kaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
mercadinho is spelled M-E-R-C-A-D-I-N-H-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercadinho is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “convenience store, mini-mart, grocery store” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a diminutive of mercado.
What does mercadinho mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinediminutive of mercado
- 2
Brazilmasculineconvenience store, mini-mart, grocery store
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of mercadinho
- mercadinhos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercadinho?
- Brazil /meʁ.kaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
- Brazil [meh.kaˈd͡ʒĩ.j̃u]
- /meɾ.kaˈd͡ʒĩ.ɲu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is mercadinho in Portuguese?
mercadinho appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).