merluzo
Spanish, noun[meɾˈluso]
merluzo is spelled M-E-R-L-U-Z-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 191,875th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Merluzo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “fool, idiot” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Persona de género masculino de escasa inteligencia”.
What does merluzo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spaincolloquialmasculinefool, idiot
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Persona de género masculino de escasa inteligencia.
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 merluzo
- merluzos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merluzo?
- [meɾˈluso]
- [meɾˈluθo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is merluzo in Spanish?
merluzo appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).