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pesca — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  • fishery noun Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
  • fishing noun The activity or sport of catching fish.

Senses

pesca is used for these senses in English:

  • fish (uncountable) A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
  • fish (countable, nautical) A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.
  • fishery (uncountable) Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
  • fishing (uncountable, informal) The act of catching other forms of seafood, separately or together with fish.
  • fishing (uncountable) Commercial fishing: the business or industry of catching fish and other seafood for sale.

fish — full definition

  1. noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  2. noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
  3. verb To try to catch fish.
  4. verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.

fishery — full definition

  1. noun Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.
  2. noun A place related to fishing
  3. noun A place where fish or other seafood are caught: a fishing ground (for example, a territorial one).
  4. noun A place where fish or other seafood are raised: a fish farm.

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