pescar

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin piscārī.

Verb

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

1. to fish

Conjugation

Conjugation of pescar

infinitive		pescar
gerund		pescando
past participle		m pescáu, f pescada, n pescao, m pl pescaos, f pl pescaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	pesco	pesques	pesca	pescamos	pescáis	pesquen
	imperfect	pescaba	pescabes	pescaba	pescábemos, pescábamos	pescabeis, pescabais	pescaben
	preterite	pesqué	pescasti, pesquesti	pescó	pesquemos	pescastis, pesquestis	pescaron
	pluperfect	pescare, pescara	pescares, pescaras	pescare, pescara	pescáremos, pescáramos	pescareis, pescarais	pescaren, pescaran
	future	pescaré	pescarás	pescará	pescaremos	pescaréis	pescarán
	conditional	pescaría	pescaríes	pescaría	pescaríemos, pescaríamos	pescaríeis, pescaríais	pescaríen
subjunctive	present	pesque	pesques, pescas	pesque	pesquemos	pesquéis	pesquen, pescan
	imperfect	pescare, pescara	pescares, pescaras	pescare, pescara	pescáremos, pescáramos	pescareis, pescarais	pescaren, pescaran
imperative		—	pesca	—	—	pescái	—

Related terms

• pexe

Catalan

Alternative forms

• peixcar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /pəsˈka/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pesˈkaɾ/

Verb

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

1. to fish

Conjugation

Conjugation of pescar (first conjugation)

infinitive			pescar
present participle			pescant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pescat		pescada
		plural		pescats		pescades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pesco	pesques	pesca	pesquem	pesqueu	pesquen
	imperfect	pescava	pescaves	pescava	pescàvem	pescàveu	pescaven
	future	pescaré	pescaràs	pescarà	pescarem	pescareu	pescaran
	preterite	pesquí	pescares	pescà	pescàrem	pescàreu	pescaren
	conditional	pescaria	pescaries	pescaria	pescaríem	pescaríeu	pescarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	pesqui	pesquis	pesqui	pesquem	pesqueu	pesquin
	imperfect	pesqués	pesquessis	pesqués	pesquéssim	pesquéssiu	pesquessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	pesca	pesqui	pesquem	pesqueu	pesquin

Derived terms

• pesca
• pescaclics
• pescada
• pesquer

 

Related terms

• peix
• pescador
• piscar

 

Further reading

• “pescar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “pescar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “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.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pescar, from Latin piscārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkaɾ/

Verb

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

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of pescar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	pescar
personal	pescar	pescares	pescar	pescarmos	pescardes	pescaren
Gerund
	pescando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	pescado			pescados
feminine	pescada			pescadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	pesco	pescas	pesca	pescamos	pescades	pescan
imperfect	pescaba	pescabas	pescaba	pescabamos	pescabades	pescaban
preterite	pesquei	pescaches	pescou	pescamos	pescastes	pescaron
pluperfect	pescara	pescaras	pescara	pescaramos	pescarades	pescaran
future	pescarei	pescarás	pescará	pescaremos	pescaredes	pescarán
conditional	pescaría	pescarías	pescaría	pescariamos	pescariades	pescarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	pesque	pesques	pesque	pesquemos	pesquedes	pesquen
preterite	pescase	pescases	pescase	pescásemos	pescásedes	pescasen
future	pescar	pescares	pescar	pescarmos	pescardes	pescaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	pesca	pesque	pesquemos	pescade	pesquen
negative	–	pesques	pesque	pesquemos	pesquedes	pesquen

Derived terms

• pescadeiro
• pescado
• Pescaduira
• pesco

 

Further reading

• “pescar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

References

• “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

Etymology

From Old Occitan pescar, from Latin piscārī.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

pescar

1. to fish

Conjugation

    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

Related terms

• peis
• pescador

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pescar, from Latin piscārī.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈka(ʁ)/ [pesˈka(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈka(ʁ)/ [pesˈka(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /pesˈka(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʃˈka(ʁ)/ [peʃˈka(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pesˈka(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨʃˈkaɾ/

• Hyphenation: pes‧car

Verb

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

6. inflection of pescar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pescar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	pescar
Personal	pescar	pescares	pescar	pescarmos	pescardes	pescarem
Gerund
	pescando
Past participle
Masculine	pescado			pescados
Feminine	pescada			pescadas
Indicative
Present	pesco	pescas	pesca	pescamos	pescais	pescam
Imperfect	pescava	pescavas	pescava	pescávamos	pescáveis	pescavam
Preterite	pesquei	pescaste	pescou	pescamos1, pescámos2	pescastes	pescaram
Pluperfect	pescara	pescaras	pescara	pescáramos	pescáreis	pescaram
Future	pescarei	pescarás	pescará	pescaremos	pescareis	pescarão
Conditional
	pescaria	pescarias	pescaria	pescaríamos	pescaríeis	pescariam
Subjunctive
Present	pesque	pesques	pesque	pesquemos	pesqueis	pesquem
Imperfect	pescasse	pescasses	pescasse	pescássemos	pescásseis	pescassem
Future	pescar	pescares	pescar	pescarmos	pescardes	pescarem
Imperative
Affirmative		pesca	pesque	pesquemos	pescai	pesquem
Negative (não)		não pesques	não pesque	não pesquemos	não pesqueis	não pesquem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Derived terms

• pesca-siri
• pesque-e-pague

 

Related terms

• peixe
• pesca
• pescada
• pescado
• pescador
• pescaria

 

Descendants

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

Romanian

Alternative forms

• păscar

Etymology

From Latin piscārius.

Noun

pescar m (plural pescari)

1. fisher, fisherman

Declension

Declension of pescar

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pescar	pescarul	(niște) pescari	pescarii
genitive/dative	(unui) pescar	pescarului	(unor) pescari	pescarilor
vocative	pescarule		pescarilor

Derived terms

• pescăreasă
• pescăresc
• pescărie
• pescărime
• pescărit
• pescăriță
• pescăruș

 

Related terms

• pescui
• pește

 

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin piscārī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pesˈkaɾ/ [pesˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: pes‧car

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

   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)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of pescar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			pescar
gerund			pescando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		pescado		pescada
		plural		pescados		pescadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pesco	pescastú pescásvos	pesca	pescamos	pescáis	pescan
	imperfect	pescaba	pescabas	pescaba	pescábamos	pescabais	pescaban
	preterite	pesqué	pescaste	pescó	pescamos	pescasteis	pescaron
	future	pescaré	pescarás	pescará	pescaremos	pescaréis	pescarán
	conditional	pescaría	pescarías	pescaría	pescaríamos	pescaríais	pescarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	pesque	pesquestú pesquésvos2	pesque	pesquemos	pesquéis	pesquen
	imperfect (ra)	pescara	pescaras	pescara	pescáramos	pescarais	pescaran
	imperfect (se)	pescase	pescases	pescase	pescásemos	pescaseis	pescasen
	future1	pescare	pescares	pescare	pescáremos	pescareis	pescaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		pescatú pescávos	pesque	pesquemos	pescad	pesquen
	negative		no pesques	no pesque	no pesquemos	no pesquéis	no pesquen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of pescar (c-qu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive pescar
	dative	pescarme	pescarte	pescarle, pescarse	pescarnos	pescaros	pescarles, pescarse
	accusative	pescarme	pescarte	pescarlo, pescarla, pescarse	pescarnos	pescaros	pescarlos, pescarlas, pescarse
with gerund pescando
	dative	pescándome	pescándote	pescándole, pescándose	pescándonos	pescándoos	pescándoles, pescándose
	accusative	pescándome	pescándote	pescándolo, pescándola, pescándose	pescándonos	pescándoos	pescándolos, pescándolas, pescándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative pesca
	dative	péscame	péscate	péscale	péscanos	not used	péscales
	accusative	péscame	péscate	péscalo, péscala	péscanos	not used	péscalos, péscalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative pescá
	dative	pescame	pescate	pescale	pescanos	not used	pescales
	accusative	pescame	pescate	pescalo, pescala	pescanos	not used	pescalos, pescalas
with formal second-person singular imperative pesque
	dative	pésqueme	not used	pésquele, pésquese	pésquenos	not used	pésqueles
	accusative	pésqueme	not used	pésquelo, pésquela, pésquese	pésquenos	not used	pésquelos, pésquelas
with first-person plural imperative pesquemos
	dative	not used	pesquémoste	pesquémosle	pesquémonos	pesquémoos	pesquémosles
	accusative	not used	pesquémoste	pesquémoslo, pesquémosla	pesquémonos	pesquémoos	pesquémoslos, pesquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative pescad
	dative	pescadme	not used	pescadle	pescadnos	pescaos	pescadles
	accusative	pescadme	not used	pescadlo, pescadla	pescadnos	pescaos	pescadlos, pescadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative pesquen
	dative	pésquenme	not used	pésquenle	pésquennos	not used	pésquenles, pésquense
	accusative	pésquenme	not used	pésquenlo, pésquenla	pésquennos	not used	pésquenlos, pésquenlas, pésquense

Derived terms

• caña de pescar
• no se pescan truchas a bragas enjutas
• pesca
• pescar una cogorza
• repescar

 

Related terms

• pescado
• pescador
• pez, peje

 

Further reading

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