🇪🇸 Spanish (EU) from 🇬🇧 English All Words
pescado
A1 noun Comida & Bebidas
🇬🇧 English: fish
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🇪🇸 Escuchar & Repetir (Spanish (EU))

Definición

🇪🇸 Spanish (EU)
noun

Pez extraído de su medio para su consumo.

Definition

🇬🇧 English

An animal that lives in water and breathes through gills. Also used as a food, especially popular as 'fish and chips'.

Gramática

🇪🇸 Spanish (EU)

Gender: masculino. Plural: pescados.

🇬🇧 As food: uncountable — 'I eat fish on Fridays.' As an animal, the plural is usually 'fish' (not 'fishes'): 'There are five fish in the tank.' Common collocations: fish and chips, fish tank, fish market, big fish (important person).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

'Fish and chips' is one of the most iconic British dishes — battered fish fried and served with chips (thick fries). It is traditionally wrapped in paper. Eating fish on Fridays is a tradition in Catholic communities in English-speaking countries.

Ejemplos

El cocinero corta el pescado en rodajas.

"El cocinero corta el pescado en rodajas."

🇬🇧 "The cook slices the fish."

Cenamos pescado frito.

"Cenamos pescado frito."

🇬🇧 "We had fried fish for dinner."

Completa la frase 🇪🇸 Spanish (EU)

El cocinero corta el ___ en rodajas.

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