merluza
Spanish, noun/meɾˈluθa/
merluza is spelled M-E-R-L-U-Z-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 38,543rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merluza is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “any of the fish in the genus Merluccius, all commonly called hakes in English; in Spain especially the European hake, Merluccius merluccius” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cualquiera de los peces marinos del orden de los gadiformes, que a su vez consta de las familias…”.
What does merluza mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineany of the fish in the genus Merluccius, all commonly called hakes in English; in Spain especially the European hake, Merluccius merluccius
- 2
Spaincolloquialfemininedrunkenness
- 3
colloquialfemininecocaine
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cualquiera de los peces marinos del orden de los gadiformes, que a su vez consta de las familias Merlucciidae, Nototheniidae y Gadidae. Son de aguas superficiales y de tamaño mediano a grande.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of merluza
- merluzas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merluza?
- /meɾˈluθa/
- [meɾˈlu.θa]
- /meɾˈlusa/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to merluza
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is merluza in Spanish?
merluza appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).