pesca

See also: pescá and pescà

Asturian

Verb

pesca

1. inflection of pescar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Catalan

Etymology

From pescar (“to fish”).

Noun

pesca f (plural pesques)

1. fishing (the act of catching fish)
2. fishing (the business of catching fish)
   • 2019 August 14, “La Generalitat promou el consum de peix de proximitat”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     La pesca de Catalunya es caracteritza per ser una pesca costanera: les barques surten cada dia a pescar i tornen el mateix dia a port a vendre les seves captures.

     Catalonia's fishing is characterized by being coastal fishing: boats go out every day to fish and come back to port the same day to sell their catch.

Verb

pesca

1. third-person singular present indicative form of pescar
2. second-person singular imperative form of pescar

Further reading

• “pesca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pesca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
• “pesca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pesca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Italian

Etymology 1

una pesca succosa

From Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca), from Late Latin persica, from Latin persicum (“peach”, literally “fruit from Persia”). Compare French pêche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.ska/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛska
• Hyphenation: pè‧sca

Noun

pesca f (plural pesche)

1. peach (fruit)
2. peach (colour)

Related terms

• nocepesca
• pescanoce
• pescheto
• pesco

 

Adjective

pesca (invariable)

1. peach (in colour)

Etymology 2

uomini a pesca

Deverbal of pescare from Latin piscor (“to fish”), from piscis (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ska/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eska
• Hyphenation: pé‧sca

Noun

pesca f (plural pesche)

1. (also sports) fishing
2. (nautical) fishing boat
3. dip, lucky dip

Related terms

• barca da pesca
• canna da pesca
• motopesca
• pescaggio
• pescaia
• pescare
• pescatore
• pesce
• peschereccio
• pescheria
• peschiera
• pescivendolo
• pescosità
• pescoso
• piscatorio
• ripescaggio
• ripescare

 

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ska/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eska
• Hyphenation: pé‧sca

Verb

pesca

1. inflection of pescare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• caspe, pasce, pascé

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Portuguese

Etymology

From pescar (“to fish”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro, Nordestino) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʃ.kɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛs.kɐ/

Noun

pesca f (plural pescas)

1. fishing (the business or sport of catching fishes)

   Synonym: pescaria

2. catch (the amount of fish caught)

   Synonym: pescado

Derived terms

• pesquinha, pescazinha (diminutives)

Related terms

• peixe
• pescada
• pescadeira
• pescadeiro
• pescadinha
• pescado
• pescador
• pescar
• pescarejo
• pescaria

 

Verb

pesca

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of pescar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of pescar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeska/, [ˈpes.ka]

Etymology 1

From pescar (“to fish”).

Noun

pesca f (plural pescas)

1. fishing

Derived terms

• expedición de pesca
• pesca de arrastre
• red de pesca

 

Related terms

• pescar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesca

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of pescar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of pescar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of pescar.

Further reading

• “pesca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014