supermercado

Portuguese

supermercado

Etymology

From super- (“super-”) +‎ mercado (“market”). Calque of English supermarket.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɾ.meʁˈka.du/ [ˌsu.peɾ.mehˈka.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɾ.meʁˈka.du/ [ˌsu.peɾ.mehˈka.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɾ.meɾˈka.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɾ.meʁˈka.du/ [ˌsu.peɾ.meχˈka.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.peɾ.meɻˈka.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsu.pɛɾ.mɨɾˈka.du/ [ˌsu.pɛɾ.mɨɾˈka.ðu]

• Hyphenation: su‧per‧mer‧ca‧do

Noun

supermercado m (plural supermercados)

1. supermarket (large self-service store)

Coordinate terms

• hipermercado, mercadinho, mercado

Related terms

• supermercadista

Spanish

Etymology

From super- +‎ mercado, a calque of English supermarket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsupeɾmeɾˈkado/ [ˌsu.peɾ.meɾˈka.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: su‧per‧mer‧ca‧do

Noun

supermercado m (plural supermercados)

1. supermarket

Further reading

• “supermercado”, 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