pescar

to fish

pescar(pehs-kahr)

transitive verb

1. (to try to catch fish)

a. to fish

Quiero pescar un atún grande para que lo comamos hoy en la noche.

I want to fish a big tuna so we can eat it tonight.

La mejor temporada para pescar halibut en Alaska es en el verano.

The best season to fish for halibut in Alaska is summer.

b. to catch

Es más fácil pescar sardinas de noche que de día.

It's easier to catch sardines at night than during the day.

2.

(colloquial)

(to get sick)

a. to catch

Hacía tanto frío que pescó un resfriado.

It was so cold that he caught a cold.

3.

(colloquial)

(to understand)

a. to get

¿Has pescado el juego de palabras? Me ha parecido muy ingenioso.

Did you get the pun? I thought it was really clever.

4.

(colloquial)

(to be surprised)

a. to catch

La policía lo pescó robando en una tienda.

The police caught him shoplifting in a store.

5.

(colloquial)

(to get)

a. to get oneself something

Mi primo no es especialmente listo, pero ha pescado un buen trabajo.

Mi cousin isn't particularly clever, but he got himself a good job.

intransitive verb

6. (to try to catch fish)

a. to fish

¿Quieres venir con nosotros al lago a pescar mañana?

Do you want to come with us to the lake to fish tomorrow?

b. to go fishing

Pescamos cada lunes durante las vacaciones de verano.

We go fishing every Monday during the summer vacation.

pescar

transitive verb

1. (peces)

a. to catch

2. (colloquial)

a. to catch

3. (colloquial)

a. to catch

lo pescaron intentando entrar sin pagarhe got caught trying to get in without paying

4. (colloquial)

a. to land, to get oneself

pescó un buen maridoshe landed herself a good husomebodyand

5. (colloquial)

a. to pick up, to understand

¿has pescado el chiste?did you get the joke?

intransitive verb

6. (general)

a. to fish, to go fishing

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pescar

transitive verb

1 [+peces, mariscos] to catch

pescamos varias truchas we caught several trout; fuimos a pescar salmón we went salmon-fishing

2 (agarrar)

lo ha pescado la policía he's been caught o nabbed (familiar) by the police; ¡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 o bag (familiar) a husband; me pescaron fumando I got caught smoking; ¡te pesqué! caught you!; got you!

3 (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

intransitive verb

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

pronominal verb

pescarse

no sabe lo que se pesca he hasn't a clue (familiar); he has no idea