carnear

Spanish

Etymology

From carne (meat) + -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɾneˈaɾ/ [kaɾ.neˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: car‧ne‧ar

Verb

carnear (first-person singular present carneo, first-person singular preterite carneé, past participle carneado)

  1. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay) to slaughter (for meat)
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “El juguete rabioso”, in El juguete rabioso:
      Decía el pelirrojo con la boca llena de pan:
      —Todos los inviernos carneamos tres chanchos para la casa. Los demás se venden.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (Chile) take in; pull the wool over someone's eyes

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