What does pescar in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word pescar in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use pescar in Spanish.

The word pescar in Spanish means fish, catch, net, catch, bag, pick up, catch, catch on, fishing creel, fishing basket. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word pescar

fish

verbo intransitivo (practicar la pesca)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Mucha gente pesca en este lago los fines de semana.
Many people fish in this lake at the weekend.

catch, net

verbo transitivo (atrapar peces) (fishing)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Me da mucha rabia cuando veo que todo el mundo pesca algo y yo no.
It makes me very angry when I see that everyone else is catching something and I am not.

catch

verbo transitivo (coloquial (contraer una enfermedad)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Si no cierras esa ventana, vas a pescar un resfrío.
If you don't close that window you're going to catch a cold.

bag

verbo transitivo (coloquial (conseguir algo) (colloquial)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Jerónimo pescó un buen puesto en el Banco Central y ahora está ganando mucho dinero.
Geronimo bagged a good position at the Central Bank and now he's earning a lot of money.

pick up

verbo transitivo (coloquial (encontrar pareja) (colloquial)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Pues la que menos creíamos pescó novio antes que todas las demás.
The one we least expected picked up a boyfriend before everyone else.

catch

verbo transitivo (sorprender)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Los pesqué comiéndose el queque que era para Fabiola.
I caught them eating the cake that was for Fabiola.

catch on

verbo transitivo (comprender)

(phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S])
Algo me había mencionado él pero en ese momento no pesqué la idea.
He had mentioned something to me but at the time I didn't catch on to the idea.

fishing creel, fishing basket

(red de pesca)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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