comerciante

Galician

Etymology

From comerciar +‎ -ante.

Noun

comerciante m or f by sense (plural comerciantes)

1. shopkeeper
2. merchant

Further reading

• “comerciante”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

From comerciar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.meʁ.siˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ko.meh.sɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ko.meʁˈsjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ko.mehˈsjɐ̃.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.meʁ.siˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ko.meh.sɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ko.meʁˈsjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ko.mehˈsjɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ko.meɾ.siˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ko.meɾ.sɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ko.meɾˈsjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ko.meʁ.siˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ko.meχ.sɪˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ko.meʁˈsjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ko.meχˈsjɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.meɻ.siˈɐ̃.te/ [ko.meɻ.sɪˈɐ̃.te], (faster pronunciation) /ko.meɻˈsjɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.mɨɾˈsjɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tɨ, -ɐ̃tʃi
• Hyphenation: co‧mer‧ci‧an‧te

Noun

comerciante m or f by sense (plural comerciantes)

1. merchant; trader (one who gains a livelihood from trading)

   Synonym: mercador

Related terms

• comercial
• comércio

Further reading

• “comerciante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From comerciar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /komeɾˈθjante/ [ko.meɾˈθjãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /komeɾˈsjante/ [ko.meɾˈsjãn̪.t̪e]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: co‧mer‧cian‧te

Noun

comerciante m or f by sense (plural comerciantes)

1. trader
2. shopkeeper

   Synonym: tendero

Further reading

• “comerciante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014