merluza
Portuguese, noun/meʁˈlu.zɐ/
merluza is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “hake (any of several fish of the genus Merluccius)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe dos gêneros Merluccius, ou Urophycis, de valor culinário”.
What does merluza mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehake (any of several fish of the genus Merluccius)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe dos gêneros Merluccius, ou Urophycis, de valor culinário
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of merluza
- merluzas plural
- merluça alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce merluza?
- Brazil /meʁˈlu.zɐ/
- Brazil [meɦˈlu.zɐ]
- /meɾˈlu.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
merluza appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).