comercio

See also: comércio and comerció

Catalan

Verb

comercio

1. first-person singular present indicative of comerciar

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koˈmɛɾθjo/ [koˈmɛɾ.θjʊ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /koˈmɛɾθjo/ [koˈmɛɾ.θjʊ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /koˈmɛɾsjo/ [koˈmɛɾ.sjʊ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɛɾθjo

• Rhymes: -ɛɾθjo
• Rhymes: -ɛɾsjo

• Hyphenation: co‧mer‧cio

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Italic *merks

Latin merx

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin commerciumlbor.

Galician comercio

Learned borrowing from Latin commercium.

Alternative forms

• comércio (reintegrationist)

Noun

comercio m (plural comercios)

1. trade
2. shop

Derived terms

• comercial
• comerciar

Etymology 2

Verb

comercio

1. first-person singular present indicative of comerciar
2. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular present indicative of comerciar

Further reading

• “comercio”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “comercio”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “comercio”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “comercio”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Verb

comercio

1. first-person singular present indicative of comerciar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈmeɾθjo/ [koˈmeɾ.θjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /koˈmeɾsjo/ [koˈmeɾ.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾθjo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -eɾsjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: co‧mer‧cio

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Italic *merks

Latin merx

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin commerciumbor.

Spanish comercio

Borrowed from Latin commercium.

Noun

comercio m (plural comercios)

1. trade

   Synonym: negocio

2. shop

   Synonyms: tienda, almacén, negocio

3. (dated) intercourse (in general or sexual)

   Synonym: relación

Derived terms

• balanza de comercio
• cámara de comercio
• código de comercio
• comerciar
• comercio electrónico
• comercio justo
• comercio libre
• libertad de comercio
• libre comercio
• Organización Mundial del Comercio

Related terms

• comercial
• mercantil

Descendants

• → Tagalog: komersiyo

Etymology 2

Verb

comercio

1. first-person singular present indicative of comerciar

Further reading

• “comercio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin commercium. Compare Italian commercio.

Noun

comercio m (plural comerci)

1. commerce, trade
2. market