pescar
Spanish, verb/pesˈkaɾ/
pescar is spelled P-E-S-C-A-R (6 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 13,412th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pescar is a Spanish verb meaning “to fish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atrapar peces del agua o, al menos, intentar hacerlo con finalidades alimenticias o deportivas”.
What does pescar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fish
- 2
to angle
- 3
colloquialto get
- 4
colloquialto catch
- 5
colloquialto mind, pay attention to (a person)
- 6
colloquialto search, or fish for information
- 7
colloquialto screw, to get action (have sex)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Atrapar peces del agua o, al menos, intentar hacerlo con finalidades alimenticias o deportivas 2. Sorprender a alguien haciendo algo reprobable 3. Adquirir inesperadamente una enfermedad 4. Tomar en cuenta a alguien o a algo, prestar atención a alguien o a algo
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 pescar
- pesco first-person present singular
- pesqué first-person preterite singular
- pescado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- pescando gerund
- pescada feminine participle past
- pescados masculine participle past
- pescadas feminine participle past
- pescas indicative informal present
- pescás indicative informal present
- pesca indicative present singular
- pescamos first-person indicative plural
- pescáis indicative plural present
- pescan indicative plural present
- pescaba first-person imperfect indicative
- pescabas imperfect indicative second-person
- pescábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- pescabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pescar?
- /pesˈkaɾ/
- [pesˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pescar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pescar in Spanish?
pescar appears 4.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).