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mercado, n.
(məːˈkɑːdəʊ, ‖ merˈkaðo)
Pl. mercados (məːˈkɑːdəʊz, ‖ merˈkaðɔs).
[a. Sp., f. L. mercatus: see market n.]
In Spain and Spanish-speaking countries: a market, a market place.
1841G. Borrow Zincali I. ii. ii. 239 In Madrid the Gitános chiefly reside in the neighbourhood of the ‘mercado’, or the place where horses and other animals are sold. 1898Baedeker's Spain & Portugal 105 Along the E. side of the mercado runs the wide Calle de Toledo.., one of the chief arteries of traffic in the S.W. part of old Madrid. 1976National Observer (U.S.) 14 Aug. 13/1 It does help if you go to the mercado—the central market—and pick out a Panama hat woven in a nearby cave. 1985Supermarket News 6 May ii. 116/4 We do a good job with seafood now,..but we're not up to the selection the local mercados offer. |