supermercado
Portuguese
Etymology
From super- (“super-”) + mercado (“market”). Calque of English supermarket.
Pronunciation
- (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)
- supermarket (large self-service store)
Coordinate terms
Related terms
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)
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], 10 December 2024