What does merluza in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word merluza in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use merluza in Spanish.

The word merluza in Spanish means hake, sloshed, hammered, fool, idiot, totally hammered!, totally smashed!, totally soused!. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word merluza

hake

nombre femenino (animal: Merluccius)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La merluza pertenece a la familia de los gádidos y es el nombre común de varios peces marinos emparentados.
Hake belongs to the Gadidae family and is the common name for various related marine fish.

sloshed, hammered

nombre femenino (ES: coloquial (borrachera) (drunk)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Lo detuvo la policía porque llevaba una merluza impresionante.
The police stopped him because he was hammered (or: sloshed).

fool, idiot

nombre masculino (coloquial (hombre tonto)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

totally hammered!, totally smashed!, totally soused!

expresión (coloquial (menuda borrachera) (US: very drunk)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

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