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mercado

American  
[mer-kah-thaw] / mɛrˈkɑ ðɔ /

noun

Spanish.
  • mercados
    plural
  1. a market.


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“We are not the first mercado and we definitely won’t be the last,” Daniel Calderón said.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

“We believed that this mercado would draw people from near and far, whether it was Santa Ana or Orange or Laguna or Newport. We thought that people would make the drive to experience it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

While Costa Mesa’s central location was attractive, project manager Joshua González said they were confident the mercado would be a destination wherever it was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley, who represents District 5, which includes Costa Mesa, but formerly represented Santa Ana in District 2, said the mercado needed a large space that Santa Ana didn’t have.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

We were early, so we walked to the plaza del mercado.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

Aside from their own upcoming business, the Calderóns said Aquí Mercado has inspired others in cities such as Puyallup and Yakima to open up their own local mercados and pop-ups to bring community members together.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

There, families from Latin America settled into old Victorians and created a thriving neighborhood, full of taquerias, panaderias and mercados.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 1, 2018

Both are deeply imbued in the flavors of their own community, which for Avila is the melting pot of Los Angeles, and for Olvera is the mercados of his hometown, Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2016

Mutton is comparatively scarce in the southern mercados, where for one sheep may be seen a dozen kids exposed for sale.

From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Walter J. Buck

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