piscar

• piscaru

From Latin piscārius. Compare Romanian pescar.

piscar m (plural piscari)

1. fisher, fisherman

• piscãroanji
• piscãrilji / piscãrilje
• piscãrescu

• pescu, peashti
• piscuescu

Alteration of pescar (“to fish”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pisˈka]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pisˈkaɾ]

piscar (first-person singular present pisco, first-person singular preterite pisquí, past participle piscat)

1. (transitive) to pick at (food)

   Synonym: pellucar

• “piscar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Onomatopoeic, from *pVsk- / *bVsk-. Compare Spanish bizco.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pisˈkaɾ/

piscar (first-person singular present pisco, first-person singular preterite pisquei, past participle piscado)

1. to blink (to close and reopen one or both eyes quickly)

   Synonym: chiscar

• pisco

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “piscar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “piscar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “piscar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “piscar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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• Hyphenation: pis‧car
• Homophone: (central, southern Portugal) pescar

piscar (first-person singular present pisco, first-person singular preterite pisquei, past participle piscado)

1. to blink (to close and reopen both eyes quickly)
2. to wink (To blink with only one eye as a message, signal, or suggestion)
3. to flash (To (cause to) shine intermittently)

• Hunsrik: piskeere

• “piscar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “piscar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From pisc +‎ -ar.

piscar m (plural piscari)

1. eel