Meaning
fish
In a sentence
Stasera cucino il pesce con il riso.
Tonight I'm cooking fish with rice.
Hai già preso il pesce al mercato?
Did you already buy the fish at the market?
Il pesce nel lago è molto grande.
The fish in the lake is very big.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| pesce | masculine · singular |
| pesci | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Usually uncountable for food: mangio pesce. Use un pesce for one animal; pesci for multiple animals.
- Pesce is the everyday general word; names like tonno or salmone are used when the species matters.
- The slang sense meaning penis is vulgar and context-dependent; avoid it unless you fully understand the register.