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fish

/fɪʃ/ /fɘʃ/

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noun

Pez

A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.

Examples :

"Salmon is a fish."

El salmón es un pez.

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noun

Pez

Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

Examples :

"The aquarium contained many colorful fish. "

El acuario contenía muchos peces coloridos.

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noun

Carne de pescado

The flesh of the fish used as food.

Examples :

"The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta."

La pasta de mariscos tenía mucho pescado pero no suficiente pasta.

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noun

Juego de cartas 'pescado'

A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

Examples :

"My friend and I played a game of fish during our lunch break at school. "

Mi amigo y yo jugamos al juego de cartas 'pescado' durante nuestro descanso para almorzar en la escuela.

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noun

Mujer

Examples :

"My sister is a good fish; she always helps others. "

Mi hermana es una buena mujer; siempre ayuda a los demás.

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noun

Incauto, pardillo

An easy victim for swindling.

Examples :

"The new student was a fish, easily tricked into paying for extra tutoring sessions that weren't necessary. "

El nuevo estudiante era un pardillo, fácilmente engañado para pagar sesiones de tutoría extra que no eran necesarias.

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noun

Un mal jugador de póker

A bad poker player. Compare shark (a good poker player).

Examples :

"My brother is a terrible poker player; he's a real fish. "

Mi hermano es un jugador de póker terrible; es un verdadero mal jugador.

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noun

Pescado, pieza de refuerzo

A makeshift overlapping longitudinal brace, originally shaped roughly like a fish, used to temporarily repair or extend a spar or mast of a ship.

Examples :

"The ship's captain used a fish to temporarily strengthen the damaged mast. "

El capitán del barco usó una pieza de refuerzo para fortalecer temporalmente el mástil dañado.

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noun

Pescado

A purchase used to fish the anchor.

Examples :

"The fisherman used a special fish to quickly retrieve his anchor. "

El pescador usó un pescado especial para recuperar rápidamente su ancla.

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noun

Torpedo

Examples :

"The submarine's attack craft was a special kind of fish, designed for swift underwater attacks. "

La embarcación de ataque del submarino era un tipo especial de torpedo, diseñado para ataques submarinos rápidos.

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noun

Peces

A paraphyletic grouping of the following extant taxonomic groups:

Examples :

"The fish family is a paraphyletic group, encompassing various species of bony fish and cartilaginous fish. "

La familia de los peces es un grupo parafilético, que abarca varias especies de peces óseos y peces cartilaginosos.

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noun

La trigésima cuarta carta Lenormand

The thirty-fourth Lenormand card.

Examples :

"My tarot reader showed me the fish card, suggesting a time for reflection. "

Mi lectora de tarot me mostró la carta del pez, sugiriendo un tiempo para la reflexión.

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noun

Pesca

A period of time spent fishing.

Examples :

"My grandfather enjoys his weekly fish, spending several hours on the lake. "

A mi abuelo le gusta su pesca semanal, pasando varias horas en el lago.

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noun

Búsqueda

An instance of seeking something.

Examples :

"Merely two fishes for information told the whole story."

Solo dos búsquedas de información contaron toda la historia.

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verb

Pescar

To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.

Examples :

"She went to the river to fish for trout."

Ella fue al río a pescar truchas.

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verb

Buscar, pescar

To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

Examples :

"They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body."

Buscaron el cuerpo en los lagos circundantes.

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verb

Pescar

To use as bait when fishing.

Examples :

"To catch a trout, he fished a small worm. "

Para pescar una trucha, usó un gusano pequeño como cebo.

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verb

Pescar, buscar

To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

Examples :

"He was fishing for the keys in his pocket."

Estaba buscando las llaves en su bolsillo.

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verb

Sondear, tantear

(followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.

Examples :

"The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments."

Los actores merodeaban por la puerta, sondeando en busca de cumplidos.

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verb

Intentar golpear la bola fuera del tocón y fallar

Of a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.

Examples :

"The student tried to fish the ball outside off stump, but missed completely. "

El estudiante intentó golpear la bola fuera del tocón, pero falló por completo.

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verb

Reparar, arreglar

To repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).

Examples :

"The ship's captain ordered the crew to fish the broken mast with a strong timber beam. "

El capitán del barco ordenó a la tripulación que reparara el mástil roto con una fuerte viga de madera.

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verb

Izar las aletas de

To hoist the flukes of.

Examples :

"The sailor expertly fished the small boat's sail up the mast. "

El marinero izó expertamente las aletas de la pequeña embarcación por el mástil.

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noun

Ficha

A counter, used in various games.

Examples :

"My brother used five fish to complete the game. "

Mi hermano usó cinco fichas para completar el juego.

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