Spanish word

pez

Pronunciation

IPA/peθ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounfish

Example

¿Dónde está el pez?

Where's the fish?

Illustration for pez (fish)

More examples

Vi un pez dorado en la pecera.

I saw a goldfish in the fish tank.

Core concept

Gilled aquatic animal with fins found in rivers, seas, or ponds.

Common phrases

  • pez de acuario

    aquarium fish

  • pez dorado

    goldfish

  • alimentar al pez

    feed the fish

Similar words

pescado: Fish handled as food, caught and sold to be cooked or served in meals.

Definition in Spanish

Animal acuático con branquias y aletas que vive en ríos, mares o estanques.

Word origin

From Latin piscis 'fish', the word passed through Old and medieval Spanish sound changes to modern pez, with the root pisc- surviving in learned compounds such as pisciculture.

Usage tips

  • Pez typically denotes a living or wild fish while pescado denotes fish as food, and the plural is peces (not *pezes).

Related words

  • pecerafish tanknoun
  • pececillosmall fishnoun

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