peixe

Meaning

Noun

fish (cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water)

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,present,singular,subjunctive,third-person) inflection of peixar:
2. (form-of,imperative,singular,third-person) inflection of peixar:

Hyphenated as

pei‧xe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpe(j).ʃi/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese peixe, inherited from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-. Compare Galician peixe.

Sentences

Peixe que fica preso , não sabe o que faz .

Fish that gets stuck, don't know what it does.

No mar e na terra , o peixe grande come o pequeno .

In the sea and on land, the big fish eat the small one.

Mas João sabia vender caro o seu peixe .

But John knew how to sell his fish dearly.

O bom pescador fala com o peixe .

The good fisherman talks to the fish.

O peixe no mar e o pescador perto do peixe .

The fish in the sea and the fisherman near the fish.