pescar

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to fish

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pescar
transitive verb
1to catch (peces)
2to catch (informal) (contraer) (enfermedad)
3to catch (informal) (atrapar)
  • lo pescaron intentando entrar sin pagar -> he got caught trying to get in without paying
4to land, to get oneself (informal) (conseguir)
  • pescó un buen marido -> she landed herself a good husomebodyand
5to pick up, to understand (informal) (entender)
  • ¿has pescado el chiste? -> did you get the joke?
intransitive verb
6to fish, to go fishing

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pescar [pes-car’]
article & verb transitive
1To fish, to angle, to catch fish (coger).
2To pick up anything.
3To take one at his word, to catch in the act.
4To obtain one’s end.
5To land, to get (lograr), to manage; to grasp (significado).
6To catch (persona).
verb neuter
7To fish, to go fishing. (n)
8La chica viene a ver si pesca, the girl is coming to see if she can get hitched. (n)
9To nod, to doze. (Andes) (n)
  • Viene a pescar un marido -> she's come to get herself a husband
  • Logró pescar unos cuantos datos -> he managed to bring up a few facts

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pescar
verbo:transitivo
1 [+peces, mariscos] to catch
pescamos varias truchas we caught several trout; fuimos a pescar salmón we went salmon-fishing
2 (familiar) (agarrar)
lo ha pescado la policía he's been caught nabbed by the police;o (familiar) ¡si no te abrigas vas a pescar una pulmonía! if you don't wrap up you'll catch pneumonia!; viene a pescar un marido she's come to get bag a husband;o (familiar) me pescaron fumando I got caught smoking; ¡te pesqué! caught you!; got you!
3 (familiar) (entender) to get
¿aún no has pescado el chiste? haven't you got the joke yet?; en la clase de matemáticas no pesco nada I don't understand a thing in maths
verbo:intransitivo
1 [+pescador] to fish
ir a pescar to go fishing; pescar a mosca to fish with a fly; flyfish
pescar a la rastra pescar al arrastre to trawl
pescar en río revuelto to fish in troubled waters
2 (And) (S. Cone) (dormitar) to nod; doze
verbo:pronominal
pescarse
no sabe lo que se pesca (familiar) he hasn't a clue; (familiar) he has no idea

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Verb Conjugation for "pescar"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo pesco pesqué pescaba pescaré pesque
Tú pescas pescaste pescabas pescarás pesques
Ella/Él/Usted pesca pescó pescaba pescará pesque
Nosotros pescamos pescamos pescábamos pescaremos pesquemos
Vosotros pescáis pescasteis pescabais pescaréis pesquéis
Ellos/Ustedes pescan pescaron pescaban pescarán pesquen
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hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw