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mercar

mercar

Asturian

Verb

mercar (first-person singular indicative present merco, past participle mercáu)

  1. to buy

Conjugation

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mercar ‎(“to trade; to buy”), from Vulgar Latin *mercāre, from Latin mercārī ‎(“to trade”), present active infinitive of mercor.

Verb

mercar

  1. to buy

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mercar ‎(“to trade; to buy”), from Vulgar Latin *mercāre, from Latin mercārī ‎(“to trade”), present active infinitive of mercor, from merx ‎(“merchandise”), possibly from Etruscan [Term?].

Verb

mercar ‎(first-person singular present indicative merco, past participle mercado)

  1. to trade (to buy and sell goods)

Synonyms

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mercāre, from Latin mercārī ‎(“to trade”), present active infinitive of mercor.

Verb

mercar ‎(first-person singular present merco, first-person singular preterite merqué, past participle mercado)

  1. to buy

Conjugation

  • c becomes qu before e.
    Conjugation of mercar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive mercar
gerund mercando
past participle masculine feminine
singular mercado mercada
plural mercados mercadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present merco mercastú
mercásvos 		merca mercamos mercáis mercan
imperfect mercaba mercabas mercaba mercábamos mercabais mercaban
preterite merqué mercaste mercó mercamos mercasteis mercaron
future mercaré mercarás mercará mercaremos mercaréis mercarán
conditional mercaría mercarías mercaría mercaríamos mercaríais mercarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present merque merquestú
merquésvos1 		merque merquemos merquéis merquen
imperfect
(ra)		 mercara mercaras mercara mercáramos mercarais mercaran
imperfect
(se)		 mercase mercases mercase mercásemos mercaseis mercasen
future mercare mercares mercare mercáremos mercareis mercaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative mercatú
mercávos 		merque merquemos mercad merquen
negative no merques no merque no merquemos no merquéis no merquen
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mercāre, from Latin mercārī ‎(“to trade”), present active infinitive of mercor.

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