mercachifle
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb-object compound, composed of merca (“to buy”) + chifle (“whistle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mercachifle m or f by sense (plural mercachifles)
- trader, hawker
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 281:
- Los comerciantes lo [este talismán] colocan bajo el umbral o sobre el dintel de la puenta de su tienda; los faltes (buhoneros), pacotilleros zurupetos y demás mercachifles y corredores ambulantes y trashumantes, lo llevan en el bolsillo.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015 October 1, “Estamos solos”, in El País[1]:
- Un día, un mercachifle nos llamó singles y fuimos nosotros y nos lo creímos.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “mercachifle”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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