pesca

fishing

noun PEH-skah Rare

Also means

peach

Usage Note

Pesca is a homograph: la pesca means both 'fishing' (the activity) and 'peach' (the fruit), with the same spelling and gender. In careful standard Italian the two differ in the quality of the stressed e, but many speakers pronounce them alike, so context is the real guide. The verb pescare means 'to fish'; the peach tree is il pesco.

Examples

"Ho comprato tre pesche al mercato."

Natural Translation

I bought three peaches at the market.

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