Pez / Pescado

The Spanish language differentiates fish swimming in the sea from those that have been caught. Pez are the living, swimming, shimmering creatures moving with elusive grace in the water. Pescado are those perhaps unlucky fellows who have been caught and are either destined for our dinner plate, thrown back as useless, or kept as bait. I've always loved not just the richness of Spanish, but the fact that it makes such important distinctions.