🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

mercancía

Pronunciation / Transliteration: mer-kan-thee-a

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Merchandise/ˈmɜːr.tʃən.daɪs/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La tienda ofrece una amplia variedad de mercancías."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Goods that are bought and sold.

    "The store offers a wide variety of merchandise, including clothing and electronics."
As verb
  1. 1

    To promote or sell goods.

    "The company plans to merchandise its new product line at the upcoming trade show."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'merchandise' originates from the Old French 'marchand', meaning 'merchant', which itself comes from the Latin 'mercatorem', meaning 'trader'. The term evolved in the Middle Ages to refer to goods that are bought and sold.

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