pescar

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Asturian[edit]

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From Latin piscārī.

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pescar (first-person singular indicative present pesco, past participle pescáu)

  1. to fish

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin piscārī, a verb based on piscis (fish, noun).

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pescar (first-person singular present pesco, past participle pescat)

  1. to fish

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Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pescar, from Latin piscārī.

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pescar (first-person singular present pesco, first-person singular preterite pesquei, past participle pescado)

  1. to fish
    Non se pescan troitas con bragas enxoitas (proverb)You won't fish trouts with dry pants
  2. (figurative) to catch, grasp; capture
    Synonyms: cachar, capturar, coller

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  • Note: pesc- are changed to pesqu- before front vowels (e).

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References[edit]

  • pescar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • pescar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • pescar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • pescar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • pescar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan pescar, from Latin piscārī.

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  • (file)

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pescar

  1. to fish

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese pescar, from Latin piscārī.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: pes‧car

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pescar (first-person singular present pesco, first-person singular preterite pesquei, past participle pescado)

  1. to fish (try to catch fish)
  2. to remove an object from a body of water
  3. to fish (attempt to find an object by searching among other objects)
  4. (informal) to understand
  5. inflection of pescar:
    1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
    2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

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  • Annobonese: piska
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: piska
  • Kabuverdianu: piská
  • Papiamentu: piska

Romanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin piscārius.

Noun[edit]

pescar m (plural pescari)

  1. fisher, fisherman

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin piscārī.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pesˈkaɾ/ [pesˈkaɾ]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: pes‧car

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pescar (first-person singular present pesco, first-person singular preterite pesqué, past participle pescado)

  1. to fish
  2. to angle
  3. (colloquial) to get
    Synonym: coger
  4. (colloquial) to catch
    Synonym: captar
  5. (colloquial) to mind, pay attention to (a person)
    Synonym: tomar en cuenta
  6. (colloquial) to search, or fish for information
  7. (colloquial) to screw, to get action (have sex)

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