carnear
Spanish, verb/kaɾneˈaɾ/
carnear is spelled C-A-R-N-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carnear is a Spanish verb meaning “to slaughter (for meat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Matar y descuartizar las reses, para aprovechar su carne”.
What does carnear mean in English?
verb
- 1
Mexicoto slaughter (for meat)
- 2
to kill someone in close quarters
- 3
Mexicovulgartake in; pull the wool over someone's eyes
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Matar y descuartizar las reses, para aprovechar su carne. 2. Herir y matar con arma blanca en un combate o en un alcance. 3. Engañar a uno perjudicándole en sus intereses.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of carnear
- carneo first-person present singular
- carneé first-person preterite singular
- carneado participle past
- carneando gerund
- carneada feminine participle past
- carneados masculine participle past
- carneadas feminine participle past
- carneas indicative informal present
- carneás indicative informal present
- carnea indicative present singular
- carneamos first-person indicative plural
- carneáis indicative plural present
- carnean indicative plural present
- carneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- carneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- carneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- carneabais imperfect indicative plural
- carneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carnear?
- /kaɾneˈaɾ/
- [kaɾ.neˈaɾ]
- [kaɾneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carnear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carnear in Spanish?
carnear appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).