pescado

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin piscātus, perfect passive participle of piscor (“I fish”). By surface analysis, pescar +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈka.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈka.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʃˈka.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈka.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃˈka.du/ [pɨʃˈka.ðu]

• Rhymes: -adu
• Hyphenation: pes‧ca‧do

Noun

pescado m (plural pescados)

1. fish that has been caught; food fish
2. (historical) municipal service related to fishing and fishers
3. (historical) tax related to food fish

Derived terms

• pescadeiro

Adjective

pescado (feminine pescada, masculine plural pescados, feminine plural pescadas)

1. fished

Participle

pescado (feminine pescada, masculine plural pescados, feminine plural pescadas)

1. past participle of pescar

Further reading

• “pescado” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “pescado” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin piscātus, perfect passive participle of piscor (“to fish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkado/ [pesˈka.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: pes‧ca‧do

Noun

pescado m (plural pescados)

1. fish that has been caught; food fish

Related terms

• pesca
• pescadería
• pescadero
• pescador
• pescar
• pesquería
• pesquero
• pez

 

Participle

pescado (feminine pescada, masculine plural pescados, feminine plural pescadas)

1. past participle of pescar

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• pecados