🇬🇧🇪🇸 market - mercado : English Lesson
noun
Meaning of "market" ("mercado"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.
A market is a place where people go to buy and sell things, like fruits, vegetables, toys, clothes, or snacks. It can be indoors or outdoors, and it’s usually busy, colorful, and full of different smells, sounds, and people. You bring money to the market to get what you need or want, and sellers put their things on tables or in stands so you can choose what to buy.
I went to the market for apples, but somehow I came home with a watermelon wearing a sticker that said “Hi, I’m Bob.”
I got lost in the market and had to follow the smell of fried dough to find my family again.
Grandpa says the market is for “serious shopping,” but he always comes back with cookies shaped like dinosaurs.
In the pet section of the market, a hamster was running on its wheel like it was late for work.
Many cities have markets that are hundreds of years old, so when you visit a market you might be shopping in the same kind of place where people bought bread, cheese, and gossip centuries ago.
A child and a woman walk to the market. The market is loud. At one table in the market a man sells apples. At one more market table a woman sells toys. The child buys an apple and a red toy from the market. They smile and go home now happy.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: A1 Beginner
This word is at the A1 level, which means it is one of the first words you learn when starting English. It’s commonly used in everyday conversations and helps you communicate basic ideas like greetings, family, or daily activities.
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