I'm trying to find the commonly used word for 'open air market'
I have heard 'feria' for fair used, and the computer translator (which I don't really trust) gives 'mercado de aire libre' for open air market and 'el mercado del agricultor' for farmer's market.
Is there a commonly used word for these popular weekly events? I tried to go to one once, and the cab driver took me to a mall in the same neighborhood. No big deal, I could just walk from there, but it would be nice to know the name that Spanish speakers use.
Thanks.
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I'm in spanish as of right now, and el mercado de aire libre is the term we learned for open air market. That translation is correct.
In Mexico, an open air market is called a "tiangus".
This is derived from a nahuatl word describing the same thing.
Mercado Central is the term for an open air market that has just about everything you can imagine (from meat to cereal to bread to pizza and fish), or for a fruit and veggie stand it is a Verdularia.
Open air market in Bolivia is often called "cancha" - of which there are many.
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