Polyglot Dictionary

comerciante

/komeɾˈsjɐ̃tʃi/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os comerciantes

Meaning

  1. merchant

    • O comerciante abriu a loja.

      The merchant opened the shop.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

mercador

mercador is more archaic or literary, a historical trader; comerciante is more modern and everyday — both mean "merchant."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

comerciante

comerciante is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "merchant."

Spanish

mercader

mercader is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "merchant."

Practice

1 What does comerciante mean?

2 Fill the gap: O ___ abriu a loja.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches comerciante?

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