merluza

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish merluza.

Pronunciation

(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)

hake (any of several fish of the genus Merluccius)

Alternative forms

merlúcio (rare)

Spanish

Etymology

From French merlu, from mer (“sea”) + dialectal luceau (“pike”),[1] 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)

any of the fish in the genus Merluccius, all commonly called hakes in English; in Spain especially the European hake, Merluccius merluccius
(Spain, colloquial) drunkenness
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:borrachera
(colloquial, Argentina) cocaine

References

https://www.billouttes.be/poissons-d-eau-douce/poissons-carnassiers/luceau-nom-regional-local-brochet.html

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.

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