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.
• “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): /ˈpɛs.ka/

• (file)

• Hyphenation: pè‧sca

Noun

pesca f (plural pesche)

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

Related terms

Related terms

• nocepesca

• pescheto

• pesco

• pescanoce

Adjective

pesca (invariable)

1. peach (in colour)

Etymology 2

uomini a pesca

From the verb pescare, from Latin piscor, piscari (“to fish”), from piscis (“fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpes.ka/
• (some speakers) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛs.ka/

• (file)

• Hyphenation: pé‧sca

Noun

pesca f (plural pesche)

1. (also sports) fishing
2. dip, lucky dip

Related terms

Related terms

• barca da pesca
• canna da pesca
• pescaggio
• pescaia

• pescare
• pescatore
• pesce
• peschereccio

• pescheria
• peschiera
• pescivendolo
• pescosità

• pescoso
• piscatorio
• ripescaggio
• ripescare

Verb

pesca

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

Anagrams

• pasce, pascé

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Portuguese

Etymology

From pescar (“to fish”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pesca f (plural pescas)

1. fishing (the business or sport of catching fishes)
2. catch (the amount of fish caught)

Synonyms

• (fishing): pescaria
• (catch): 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, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of pescar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of pescar

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Spanish

Etymology

From pescar (“to fish”).

Noun

pesca f (plural pescas)

1. fishing

Derived terms

• expedición de pesca

Related terms

• pescar

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.