pescado
/pesˈkado/ · B1 · noun · m
consumption
🐟🍽️ pescado = pescar (to fish) + -ado: the fished one, already caught
Spanish splits fish in two: pez is the live animal, pescado is the past participle of pescar, literally fished. Once it has been caught and is headed for the plate, a pez becomes a pescado. Same Latin root as Pisces.