Hello! Today’s word is “mercádo”.  The word means ‘market’ or ‘marketplace’.

It is spelled m-e-r-c-a-d-o. The accent falls on the ‘a’.  ‘MER-KÁDO’…Remember also that with words that end in ‘do’ or ‘DOE’ , have a slightly lisped ‘tho’ sound.

As is the case with most Romance-based languages, this word comes from the Latin. In French the word for market or marketplace is called ‘marché’. In Italian it sounds more like the Spanish and is pronounced ‘mercáto’.

So, to recap, the word for today was “mercádo”. It means ‘market’ or ‘marketplace’.

Well, tune in tomorrow when our new Spanish word of the day will be “tiempo”.