Meaning
to fish
- to get (to find)
- to draw (cards)
In a sentence
Domani andiamo al lago a pescare con Marco.
Tomorrow we're going to the lake to fish with Marco.
Non riesco a pescare le chiavi nella borsa.
I can't find the keys in the bag.
Hai pescato una carta buona stavolta?
Did you draw a good card this time?
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pescare | infinitive |
| peschiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| pesco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| pescate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| peschi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pescano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pesca | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pescavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pescavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pescavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pescavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pescavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pescava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pescammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| pescai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| pescaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| pescasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| pescarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| pescò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| pescheremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| pescherò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| pescherete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| pescherai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| pescheranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| pescherà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| peschiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| peschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| peschiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| peschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| peschino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| peschi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| pescassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| pescassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| pescaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| pescassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| pescassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| pescasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| pescheremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| pescherei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| peschereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| pescheresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| pescherebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| pescherebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| peschiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| pescate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| pesca | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| pescando | gerund |
| pescato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- For catching fish, use pescare. For hunting, use cacciare; for gathering shellfish or mushrooms, other verbs are usually preferred.
- In card games, pescare means taking a card from the deck. More general draw can be estrarre in formal or non-game contexts.
- It usually takes avere in compound tenses: ho pescato. Intransitive use for the activity also commonly uses avere in everyday Italian.