# pesca
## Asturian
### Verb

pesca
* inflection of pescar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈpɛs.kə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈpəs.kə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈpes.ka]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from pescar (“to fish”).

#### Noun

pesca f (plural pesques)
* fishing (the act of catching fish)
* fishing (the business of catching fish)
** 2019 August 14, “La Generalitat promou el consum de peix de proximitat”, in La Vanguardia‎:La pesca de Catalunya es caracteritza per ser una pesca costanera: les barques surten cada dia a pescar i tornen el mateix dia a port a vendre les seves captures.Catalonia's fishing is characterized by being coastal fishing: boats go out every day to fish and come back to port the same day to sell their catch.

##### Derived terms

* pescater

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pesca
* inflection of pescar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pesca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pesca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pesca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pesca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Verb

pesca
* inflection of pescar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Italian
### Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca), from Late Latin persica, from Latin persicum (“peach”, literally “fruit from Persia”). Compare French pêche.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpɛ.ska/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛska
* Hyphenation: pè‧sca

#### Noun

pesca f (plural pesche)
* peach (fruit)
* peach (color/colour)

##### Related terms

* nocepesca
* pescanoce
* pescheto
* pesco

#### Adjective

pesca (invariable)
* peach (color/colour)

### Etymology 2

Deverbal from pescare (“to fish”) +‎ -a.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpe.ska/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eska
* Hyphenation: pé‧sca

#### Noun

pesca f (plural pesche)
* (also sports) fishing
* (nautical) fishing boat
* dip, lucky dip

##### Related terms

* barca da pesca
* canna da pesca
* motopesca
* pescaggio
* pescaia
* pescare
* pescatore
* pesce
* peschereccio
* pescheria
* peschiera
* pescivendolo
* pescosità
* pescoso
* piscatorio
* ripescaggio
* ripescare

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpe.ska/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eska
* Hyphenation: pé‧sca

#### Verb

pesca
* inflection of pescare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* caspe, pasce, pascé

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛs.kɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛs.kɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈpɛʃ.kɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛs.ka/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈpɛʃ.kɐ/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /ˈpɛʃ.kɐ/
* Hyphenation: pes‧ca

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from pescar (“to fish”).

#### Noun

pesca f (plural pescas)
* fishing (the business or sport of catching fishes)
    Synonym: pescaria
* catch (the amount of fish caught)
    Synonym: pescado

##### Derived terms

* pesquinha (diminutive), pescazinha (diminutive)

##### Related terms

* peixe
* pescada
* pescadeira
* pescadeiro
* pescadinha
* pescado
* pescador
* pescar
* pescarejo
* pescaria

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

pesca
* inflection of pescar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpeska/ [ˈpes.ka]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eska
* Syllabification: pes‧ca

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from pescar (“to fish”).

#### Noun

pesca f (plural pescas)
* fishing

##### Derived terms

* caña de pesca
* pesca de altura
* pesca de arrastre
* pesca de bajura
* pesca de gran altura
* red de pesca
* y toda la pesca

##### Related terms

* pescar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pesca
* inflection of pescar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pesca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10