pesca

See also: pescá and pescà

Asturian

Alternative forms

• piesca

Etymology

Deverbal from pescar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeska/ [ˈpes.ka]
• Rhymes: -eska
• Syllabification: pes‧ca

Noun

pesca f (plural pesques)

1. fishing (act)
2. fishing work
3. (uncountable) amount of fishes caught
4. tag, it (children's chasing game)

Derived terms

• andar a la pesca
• y tola pesca
• pesca suelta
• pesca de baxura

Verb

pesca

1. inflection of pescar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

References

• García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “pesca”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “pesca”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈpe̞s.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpəs.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛs.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpes.ka]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from pescar (“to fish”).

Noun

pesca f (plural pesques)

1. fishing (the act of catching fish)
2. fishing (the business of catching fish)
   • 2019 August 14, “La Generalitat promou el consum de peix de proximitat”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     La pesca de Catalunya es caracteritza per ser una pesca costanera: les barques surten cada dia a pescar i tornen el mateix dia a port a vendre les seves captures.

     Catalonia's fishing is characterized by being coastal fishing: boats go out every day to fish and come back to port the same day to sell their catch.

Derived terms

• pescater

Etymology 2

Verb

pesca

1. inflection of pescar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pesca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pesca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “pesca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “pesca”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛska/ [ˈpɛs̺.kɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛska
• Hyphenation: pes‧ca

Noun

pesca f (plural pescas)

1. fishing (act)

Verb

pesca

1. inflection of pescar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pesca”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology 1

una pesca succosa

From Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca), from Late Latin persica, from Latin persicum (“peach”, literally “fruit from Persia”). Compare French pêche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛs.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛska
• Hyphenation: pè‧sca

Noun

pesca f (plural pesche)

1. peach (fruit)
2. peach (color/colour)

Related terms

• nocepesca
• pescanoce
• pescheto
• pesco

Adjective

pesca (invariable)

1. peach (color/colour)

Etymology 2

uomini a pesca

Deverbal from pescare (“to fish”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpes.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -eska
• Hyphenation: pé‧sca

Noun

pesca f (plural pesche)

1. (also sports) fishing
2. (nautical) fishing boat
3. dip, lucky dip

Related terms

• barca da pesca
• canna da pesca
• motopesca
• pescaggio
• pescaia
• pescare
• pescatore
• pesce
• peschereccio
• pescheria
• peschiera
• pescivendolo
• pescosità
• pescoso
• piscatorio
• ripescaggio
• ripescare

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpes.ka/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eska
• Hyphenation: pé‧sca

Verb

pesca

1. inflection of pescare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• caspe, pasce, pascé

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛs.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛs.kɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʃ.kɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʃ.kɐ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛʃ.kɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: pes‧ca

Etymology 1

Deverbal from pescar (“to fish”).

Noun

pesca f (plural pescas)

1. fishing (the business or sport of catching fishes)

   Synonym: pescaria

2. catch (the amount of fish caught)

   Synonym: pescado

Derived terms

• pesquinha (diminutive), pescazinha (diminutive)

Related terms

• peixe
• pescada
• pescadeira
• pescadeiro
• pescadinha
• pescado
• pescador
• pescar
• pescarejo
• pescaria

Etymology 2

Verb

pesca

1. inflection of pescar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pesca”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “pesca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeska/ [ˈpes.ka]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eska
• Syllabification: pes‧ca

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péysks

Proto-Italic *piskis

Latin pisc-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -or

Latin piscārī

Spanish pescardeverb.

Spanish pesca

Deverbal from pescar (“to fish”).

Noun

pesca f (plural pescas)

1. fishing

Derived terms

• caña de pesca
• pesca de altura
• pesca de arrastre
• pesca de bajura
• pesca de gran altura
• red de pesca
• y toda la pesca

Related terms

• pescar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pesca

1. inflection of pescar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “pesca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025