mercearia
Portuguese, noun/meʁ.se.aˈɾi.ɐ/
mercearia is spelled M-E-R-C-E-A-R-I-A (9 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 24,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mercearia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “grocery store, grocer's, bodega” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “loja em que se vendem gêneros alimentícios e quaisquer especiarias”.
What does mercearia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegrocery store, grocer's, bodega
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. loja em que se vendem gêneros alimentícios e quaisquer especiarias
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 mercearia
- mercearias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mercearia?
- Brazil /meʁ.se.aˈɾi.ɐ/
- Brazil [meh.se.aˈɾi.ɐ]
- /meɾ.se.aˈɾi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mercearia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mercearia in Portuguese?
mercearia appears 1.7 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).