Usage Note
Pêcher means to fish and should not be confused with the homophone pécher (to sin), which carries an accent on the first syllable in some conjugations. The related noun is la pêche (fishing) and the person who fishes is un pêcheur. A common expression is pêcher en eaux troubles, meaning to fish in troubled waters.
Examples
"Il aime pêcher le dimanche matin."
Natural Translation
He likes to fish on Sunday morning.
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