Market – el mercado
(Pronounced mer-kah-doh)
To remember that market is pronounced mar-kah-doh (mercado) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:
At the market for cars, he bought a car but he had to say: "Me car don't go!" (mercado).
Mercado is masculine, so it’s el mercado. Imagine an elephant working behind a market stall:
Examples of mercado (market) in a sentence
Voy al mercado todos los sábados por la mañana.
(I go to the market every Saturday morning.)
El mercado tiene frutas y verduras muy frescas.
(The market has very fresh fruits and vegetables.)
Me encanta el ambiente del mercado central.
(I love the atmosphere of the central market.)
