"pez" and "pescado"
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What's the difference between "pez" and "pescado"? Each means "fish."
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updated Aug 8, 2013
posted by laceydon
That's a solid answer! Thanks from laceydon - laceydon, Aug 7, 2013
Please put your comment in the correct place so PumpkinCalabaza can feel good! - Raja-jani, Aug 7, 2013
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"Un pez" is a live fish swimming in the sea. "Pescado" is fish that's cooked on a plate. It's like the difference between "pig" and "pork" is English.
updated Aug 8, 2013
posted by PumpkinCalabaza
When you buy it in the market it is pescado. So it is pescado before it is cooked and put on a plate. - gringojrf, Aug 8, 2013
True, I'm trying to accentuate the difference. "Pez" is an animal and "pescado" is a food. - PumpkinCalabaza, Aug 8, 2013
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I would say that pescado is the food while pez is the live animal. In English both are fish but in Spanish that is not the case. Pescado can be the whole fish, filet, or pieces (like canned tuna), it can be raw or cooked but it is not alive.
updated Aug 8, 2013
posted by gringojrf
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Un pez está vivo. Un pescado está muerto!
Ej:
Tengo un pez en mi pecera.
Hoy vamos a comer pescado.
A pez is a fish that is alive, a pescado is a dead fish
updated Aug 7, 2013
edited by aileribel
posted by aileribel
