mercantil
Portuguese, adjective/meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/
mercantil is spelled M-E-R-C-A-N-T-I-L (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,227th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercantil is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “mercantile (related to the exchange of goods for profit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ao comércio, à mercadoria ou ao mercador”.
What does mercantil mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemercantile (related to the exchange of goods for profit)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ao comércio, à mercadoria ou ao mercador
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 mercantil
- mercantis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercantil?
- Brazil /meʁ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/
- Brazil [meh.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- /meɾ.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
mercantil appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).