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pescado.

fish that has been caught; food fish

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/pesˈka.du/Brazil/peʃˈka.du/Rio-de-Janeiro/pɨʃˈka.du/Portugal[pɨʃˈka.ðu]Portugal

  1. fish that has been caught; food fish

    masculine

  2. municipal service related to fishing and fishers

    historical · masculine

  3. tax related to food fish

    historical · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pescado (“fish”), from Latin piscātus (“fished”), perfect passive participle of piscor (“to fish”). By surface analysis, pescar (“to fish”) + -ado.

adj/pesˈka.du/Brazil/peʃˈka.du/Rio-de-Janeiro/pɨʃˈka.du/Portugal[pɨʃˈka.ðu]Portugal

  1. fished

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pescado (“fish”), from Latin piscātus (“fished”), perfect passive participle of piscor (“to fish”). By surface analysis, pescar (“to fish”) + -ado.

verb/pesˈka.du/Brazil/peʃˈka.du/Rio-de-Janeiro/pɨʃˈka.du/Portugal[pɨʃˈka.ðu]Portugal

  1. past participle of pescar

    form-of · participle · past
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pescado (“fish”), from Latin piscātus (“fished”), perfect passive participle of piscor (“to fish”). By surface analysis, pescar (“to fish”) + -ado.

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