pescato

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *piscātu, from Latin piscātus (“fished”), perfect active participle of piscor (“to fish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pesˈka.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: pe‧scà‧to

Participle

pescato (feminine pescata, masculine plural pescati, feminine plural pescate)

  1. past participle of pescare

Noun

pescato m (plural pescati)

  1. (chiefly in the singular) the quantity of fish caught in a given amount of time; catch

Further reading

  • pescato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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