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pescar

pescar

Asturian

Verb

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

  1. to fish

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Provençal pescar, from Vulgar Latin *piscāre, from Latin piscārī, present active infinitive of piscor, from piscis (a fish).

Verb

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

  1. to fish

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Provençal pescar, from Vulgar Latin *piscāre, from Latin piscārī, present active infinitive of piscor, from piscis (a fish).

Verb

pescar

  1. to fish

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese pescar, from Vulgar Latin *piscāre, from Latin piscārī, present active infinitive of piscor, from piscis (fish), from Proto-Indo-European *peysḱ-.

Pronunciation

  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /pes.ˈka(ɹ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /pes.ˈka(ɻ)/
  • Hyphenation: pes‧car

Verb

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

  1. to fish (to 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)

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Derived terms

  • pesca-siri
  • pesque-e-pague

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Romanian

Alternative forms

  • păscar

Etymology

From Latin piscārius.

Noun

pescar m (plural pescari)

  1. fisher, fisherman

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *piscāre, from Latin piscārī, present active infinitive of piscor, from piscis (a fish).

Verb

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

  1. to fish
  2. to angle
  3. (colloquial) to get
  4. (colloquial) to catch
  5. (colloquial) to mind, pay attention to (a person)
  6. (colloquial) to search, or fish for information.
  7. (colloquial) to ****, to get action (have sex)

Conjugation

  • c becomes qu before e.

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