Spanish Conversation · Level 102
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Spanish word
cárnico
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈkaɾniko/
Meaning
- adjectivemeat
Example
Busca productos cárnicos en la sección refrigerada.
Look for meat products in the refrigerated section.
More examples
La industria cárnica está aplicando normas de higiene más estrictas.
The meat industry is implementing stricter hygiene standards.
Core concept
Butchered cuts and cured deli meats.
Common phrases
industria cárnica
meat industry
producto cárnico
meat product
Similar words
porcino: Pork and pork products such as bacon and ham.
vacuno: Beef and beef products such as steaks and ground beef.
avícola: Poultry meat and poultry products, especially chicken and turkey.
ovino: Sheep meat (lamb or mutton) and products made from it.
Definition in Spanish
Indica relación con la carne o con los productos elaborados a partir de ella.
Word origin
Derived from Latin caro, carnis "flesh, meat" with the adjective-forming suffix -icus that became -ico in Spanish, giving cárnico 'of meat'.
Usage tips
- The word is esdrújula and always written with an accent (cárnico), and it agrees in gender and number as cárnica, cárnicos, cárnicas.
Opposites
- vegetarianovegetarianadjective
Related words
- carniceríabutcher shopnoun
- carnívorocarnivorousadjective