pescada
Portuguese, noun/pesˈka.dɐ/
pescada is spelled P-E-S-C-A-D-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pescada is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “whiting (Merlangius merlangus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of pescado. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe teleósteo da família dos Gadíneos muito apreciado”.
What does pescada mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewhiting (Merlangius merlangus)
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of pescado
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe teleósteo da família dos Gadíneos muito apreciado 2. peixota
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pescada
- pescadas plural
- Pescada canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pescada?
- Brazil /pesˈka.dɐ/
- /peʃˈka.dɐ/
- Portugal /pɨʃˈka.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pescada
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pescada in Portuguese?
pescada appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).