comércio

See also: comercio and comerció

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• commercio (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin commercium (“commerce, trade”), from com- (“together”) + merx (“good, wares, merchandise”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛʁ.si.u/ [koˈmɛh.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koˈmɛʁ.sju/ [koˈmɛh.sju]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛʁ.si.u/ [koˈmɛh.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koˈmɛʁ.sju/ [koˈmɛh.sju]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛɾ.si.u/ [koˈmɛɾ.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koˈmɛɾ.sju/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛʁ.si.u/ [koˈmɛχ.sɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /koˈmɛʁ.sju/ [koˈmɛχ.sju]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmɛɻ.si.o/ [koˈmɛɻ.sɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /koˈmɛɻ.sjo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈmɛɾ.sju/

Noun

comércio m (plural comércios)

1. (uncountable) commerce, trade (exchange)
2. a company which engages in commerce

Related terms

• comercial
• comercialista
• comercialização
• comercializado
• comercializar
• comerciante
• comerciar
• comerciário
• comerciável

 

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Komerss

Further reading

• “comércio” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.