merluza

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish merluza.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈlu.zɐ/ [meɦˈlu.zɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈlu.zɐ/ [meɦˈlu.zɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meɾˈlu.zɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meʁˈlu.zɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meɻˈlu.za/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨɾˈlu.zɐ/

Noun

merluza f (plural merluzas)

1. hake (any of several fish of the genus Merluccius)

Alternative forms

• merlúcio (rare)

Spanish

Etymology

From French merlu, from mer (“sea”) + dialectal luceau (“pike”), from Latin lucius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /meɾˈluθa/ [meɾˈlu.θa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /meɾˈlusa/ [meɾˈlu.sa]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -uθa
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: mer‧lu‧za

Noun

merluza f (plural merluzas)

1. any of the fish in the genus Merluccius, all commonly called hakes in English; in Spain especially the European hake, Merluccius merluccius
2. (Spain, colloquial) drunkenness

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera

3. (colloquial, Argentina) cocaine

Further reading

• “merluza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “merluza” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.