mercar
Portuguese, verb/meʁˈka(ʁ)/
mercar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to trade (to buy and sell goods)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “comprar para vender”.
What does mercar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trade (to buy and sell goods)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. antiga medida da África oriental portuguesa
verb: 1. comprar para vender 2. adquirir por dinheiro, comprar 3. apregoar para vender 4. conseguir com trabalho
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 mercar
- merco first-person present singular
- merquei first-person preterite singular
- mercado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- mercares infinitive second-person singular
- mercarmos first-person infinitive plural
- mercardes infinitive plural second-person
- mercarem infinitive plural third-person
- mercando gerund
- mercados masculine participle past
- mercada feminine participle past
- mercadas feminine participle past
- mercas indicative present second-person
- merca indicative present singular
- mercamos first-person indicative plural
- mercais indicative plural present
- mercam indicative plural present
- mercava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercar?
- Brazil /meʁˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mehˈka(h)]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mercar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.