Palabra Lexi · common words in Spanish
How to say "fish" in Spanish
"Fish" in Spanish is pescado, pronounced pehs-KAH-doh (stress on the syllable in capitals). In short: fish as food, once it has been caught. It is a masculine noun (el pescado, plural los pescados). Also: pez, a live fish, swimming in the water.
| Spanish | pescado |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | pehs-KAH-doh |
| Meaning | fish |
| Gender | masculine: el pescado |
| Plural | los pescados |
| Frequency | #21 in the Palabra list of common Spanish words |
Pronunciation is spelled out in English, one syllable at a time, with the stressed syllable in capitals. The speaker button uses your browser's built-in Spanish voice. Gender and plural: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
How to pronounce pescado
Pescado is pronounced pehs-KAH-doh, in IPA /pesˈkado/. Pescado has three syllables, pehs-KAH-doh, with the stress on the second. There is no written accent because the word follows the basic rule: words ending in a vowel, -n or -s are stressed on the second-to-last syllable.
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Is pescado masculine or feminine?
Pescado is masculine, so it takes el (the) and un (a): el pescado. The plural is los pescados. That fits the usual pattern: most nouns ending in -o are masculine.
Example sentences
Pescado a la plancha
grilled fish
El pescado está frío
The fish is cold
El pescado es de hoy.
The fish is from today.
"Fish" in Spain and Latin America
Useful phrases
- ¿Hay pescado fresco?
Is there fresh fish?
Regional words and roots: Diccionario de la lengua española (RAE). Spanish varies by region, so treat these as the most common patterns, not strict rules.
How to remember pescado
pescado [pehs-KAH-doh] sounds like the English “pess-CAD-oh”. Picture this:
The fish drives a CAD-designed submarine — oh! — straight into the fishing net and out the other side.
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Practice pescado
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