Difference between "pez" and "pescado"

Question

Is there any difference between these two words?If the answer is yes please explain it in a sentence

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oh yeah i didnt know that thanks for mentioning. - kimi-s, Jan 7, 2013

Answer 1

¿Mesero, por favor podría traerme el plato de pescado?

(Waiter, please could you bring me the fish plate?)

Fish is what you eat - pescado.

¿Hay un pez en este lago o muchos peces? (Is there one fish in this lake or many fish?)

Fish used as a creature - pez.

I'm still an intermediate Spanish learner so my sentences may have minor mistakes, but the difference between pez and pescado is right. - katydew, Dec 29, 2012

If you type in "fish" in the translation search box at the top of this page, it will give you more examples and an answer to your question. Hope this has helped. - katydew, Dec 29, 2012

Tus frases están muy bien. Yo solo añadiría "de pescado" :) - Cordobesa, Dec 30, 2012

Thanks for the input, Cordo. Now Kimi-s has a perfect example. - katydew, Dec 30, 2012

Answer 2

As the others say....

Just like we call "pig" (the animal) differently than we call "pork" (the food), in Spanish "pez" is the fish (the thing swimming in the water) and "pescado" (the food). Similarly, "pollo" is the food and "gallina" is the animal.

Answer 3

And "pescado" also means "fished" and is the Past Participle from the verb "pescar" (to fish).

So, if you "fished" it, then you are going to eat it... unless you throw it back.

Good point. Never to be confused with 'pecado' which I have done before. jejejeje - katydew, Dec 30, 2012

Answer 4

Both words mean "fish". Pescado is usually used for what we would call food fish.

Answer 5

They both mean fish BUT, pez = alive fish in the sea / pet pescado = fish to eat / food