merluza

Borrowed from Spanish merluza.

merluza f (plural merluzas)

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

• merlúcio (rare)

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

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

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

• “merluza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

• “merluza” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010