pescar

From Latin piscārī.

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

1. to fish

• pexe

• peixcar

Inherited from Latin piscārī, a verb based on piscis (“fish”, noun).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəsˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pesˈkaɾ]

pescar (first-person singular present pesco, first-person singular preterite pesquí, past participle pescat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive, intransitive) to fish
2. (transitive, figurative) to land; to catch

   pescar la grip ― to catch the flu

• “pescar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pescar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pescar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pescar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pescar, from Latin piscārī. Compare Portuguese pescar.

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkaɾ/

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

   • 1908, Xesús Rodríguez López, Gallegadas, page 135:

     Amáñanse poñéndose moitos refaixos e cruzan os panos por diante o seo; todo pra aparentar máis gordas e rebustas: en vez de poñer as carnes ó aire, tápa-nas percurando aparecer que elas teñen moitas, aínda que falten pola casa. Dempois andan azoroñando a carón dos mozos i ós que queren pescar físga-nos polo rabiño do ollo. Si eles se fan de rogar entón carexan as mozas astra que miran pra elas

     They dress up with many underskirts and they cross the clothes before their bosom; all that so they seem fatter and more robust: instead of showing the flesh they cover it attempting to look as if they have much, even if it lacks at home. After this they wander around the boys, and the ones they want to fish, they catch them by the corner of the eye. If they play hard to get, then they speak together loudly till the boys look at them

• “pescar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “pescar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “pescar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “pescar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pescar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pescar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pescar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Occitan pescar, from Latin piscārī.

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pescar

1. to fish

      Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		pescar			aver pescat
gerund		pescant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pescat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pesqui	pescas	pesca	pescam	pescatz	pescan
	imperfect	pescavi	pescavas	pescava	pescàvem	pescàvetz	pescavan
	preterite	pesquèri	pesquères	pesquèt	pesquèrem	pesquèretz	pesquèron
	future	pescarai	pescaràs	pescarà	pescarem	pescaretz	pescaràn
	conditional	pescariái	pescariás	pescariá	pescariam	pescariatz	pescarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pesquèra	pesquèras	pesquèra	pesqueram	pesqueratz	pesquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pesque	pesques	pesque	pesquem	pesquetz	pesquen
	imperfect	pesquèssi	pesquèsses	pesquèsse	pesquèssem	pesquèssetz	pesquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pesca		pesquem	pescatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		pescar			aver pescat
gerund		pescant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pescat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pesque	pesques	pesca	pescam	pescatz	pescon
	imperfect	pescave	pescaves	pescava	pescaviam	pescaviatz	pescavon
	preterite	pesquere	pesqueres	pesquet	pesquem	pesquetz	pesqueron
	future	pescarai	pescaràs	pescará	pescarem	pescaretz	pescarán
	conditional	pescariá	pescariás	pescariá	pescariam	pescariatz	pescarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pesquèra	pesquèras	pesquèra	pesqueram	pesqueratz	pesquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pesque	pesques	pesque	pescassiam	pescassiatz	pescon
	imperfect	pesquesse	pesquesses	pesquesse	pesquessiam	pesquessiatz	pesquesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pesca		pescassiam	pescatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		pescar			aver pescat
gerund		pescant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pescat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pesqui	pescas	pesca	pescam	pescatz	pescan
	imperfect	pescavi	pescavas	pescava	pescàvam	pescàvatz	pescavan
	preterite	pesquèi	pesquès	pesquè	pesquèm	pesquètz	pesquèn
	future	pescarèi	pescaràs	pescarà	pescaram	pescaratz	pescaràn
	conditional	pescarí	pescarés	pescaré	pescarem	pescaretz	pescarén
	conditional 2nd form1	pesquèra	pesquèras	pesquèra	pesqueram	pesqueratz	pesquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pesqui	pesques	pesque	pesquem	pesquetz	pesquen
	imperfect	pesquèssi	pesquèsses	pesquèsse	pesquèssem	pesquèssetz	pesquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pesca		pesquem	pescatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		pescar			aver pescat
gerund		pescant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pescat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pesque	pescas	pesca	pescam	pescatz	pescan
	imperfect	pescava	pescavas	pescava	pescàvam	pescàvatz	pescavan
	preterite	pesquei	pesqueras	pesquet	pesquèram	pesquèratz	pesqueran
	future	pescarai	pescaràs	pescará	pescarem	pescaretz	pescarán
	conditional	pescariá	pescariàs	pescariá	pescariam	pescariatz	pescarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pesquèra	pesquèras	pesquèra	pesqueram	pesqueratz	pesquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pesque	pesques	pesque	pesquem	pesquetz	pesquen
	imperfect	pesquèsse	pesquèsses	pesquèsse	pesquèssem	pesquèssetz	pesquèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pesca		pesquem	pescatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

      Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		pescar			aver pescat
gerund		pescant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		pescat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	pesque	pesques	pesca	pescam	pescatz	pescan
	imperfect	pescavi	pescavas	pescava	pescàvem	pescàvetz	pescavan
	preterite	pesquère	pesquères	pesquèt	pesqueriam	pesqueriatz	pesquèron
	future	pescarai	pescaràs	pescarà	pescarem	pescaretz	pescaràn
	conditional	pescariáu	pescariás	pescariá	pescariam	pescariatz	pescarián
	conditional 2nd form1	pesquèra	pesquèras	pesquèra	pesqueram	pesqueratz	pesquèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	pesque	pesques	pesque	pesquem	pesquetz	pescan
	imperfect	pesquèsse	pesquèsses	pesquèsse	pesquessiam	pesquessiatz	pesquèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			pesca		pesquem	pescatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• peis
• pescador

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pescar, from Latin piscārī. Compare Galician pescar.

• Hyphenation: pes‧car

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. (Brazil, idiomatic, intransitive) to doze, to slumber (to sleep very briefly and unintentionally)

   Synonym: moscar

• păscar

Inherited from Latin piscārius.

pescar m (plural pescari)

1. fisher, fisherman

Inherited from Latin piscārī.

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkaɾ/ [pesˈkaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pes‧car

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)

• “pescar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28