merceeiro
Portuguese, noun/meʁ.seˈe(j).ɾu/
merceeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “grocer (the owner of a stall or small market)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dono de mercearia”.
What does merceeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegrocer (the owner of a stall or small market)
- 2
derogatorymasculinea person considered rude or not very polite
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dono de mercearia
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 merceeiro
- merceeiros plural
- merceeira feminine
- merceeiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merceeiro?
- Brazil /meʁ.seˈe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [meh.seˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Brazil /meʁ.siˈe(j).ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merceeiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merceeiro in Portuguese?
merceeiro appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).