pescante
Spanish, noun/pesˈkante/
pescante is spelled P-E-S-C-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 172,602nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pescante is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “davit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Pieza saliente de madera o hierro sujeta horizontal ú oblicuamente a una pared, a una cornisa, a un poste o…”.
What does pescante mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedavit
- 2
masculinedriving seat (of a carriage or cart)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pieza saliente de madera o hierro sujeta horizontal ú oblicuamente a una pared, a una cornisa, a un poste o al costado de un buque, etc., que sirve para sostener o colgar de ella alguna cosa. 2. Brazo de una grúa. 3. En los coches, asiento exterior desde donde el cochero gobierna las mulas o caballos. 4. En los teatros, tramoya que sirve para hacer bajar o subir en el escenario personas o figuras.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pescante
- pescantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pescante?
- /pesˈkante/
- [pesˈkãn̪.t̪e]
- [pesˈkãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pescante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pescante in Spanish?
pescante appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).