merluza

Borrowed from Spanish merluza.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meʁˈlu.zɐ/

merluza f (plural merluzas)

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

• merlúcio (rare)

From French merlu, from mer + (dialect) luceau, "pike" [1], from Latin lucius.

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

• (drunkenness): See Thesaurus:borrachera.

• “merluza” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.