carnear

From carne (“meat”) +‎ -ear.

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

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

1. (Andes, Southern Cone, Mexico, Cuba, Nicaragua) 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. (Bolivia) to kill someone in close quarters
3. (Chile, Mexico, vulgar) take in; pull the wool over someone's eyes

• “carnear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024