Spanish Dictionary: translation of carne


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audio car·ne

f.
  1. anatomy flesh
  2. culinary meat
  3. botany pulp
  4. figurative flesh
    la carne es débil the flesh is weak
  5. (vicio) carnality
  6. America heart (of wood)

Idioms:
carne asada al horno
roast (of meat)
carne asada a la parrilla
broiled meat
carne de cañón
figurative cannon fodder
carne de carnero
mutton
carne de cerdo or de puerco
pork
carne de cordero or oveja
lamb
carne de gallina
figurative, colloquial goose bumps
carne de membrillo
quince jelly
carne de res
America beef
carne de ternera
veal
carne de vaca
beef
carne de venado
venison
carne magra
lean meat
carne picada
chopped meat
carne sin hueso
  1. culinary boneless meat
  2. figurative cushy job
carne viva
medicine raw flesh, quick
carnes frías
cold cuts
cobrar or echar carnes
to put on weight
de carne y hueso
figurative of flesh and blood
en carnes
naked
en carne viva
raw, sore
metido en carnes
pudgy, plump
ni carne ni pescado
figurative neither fish nor fowl
perder carnes
to lose weight
poner toda la carne en el asador
figurative to put all one's eggs in one basket
ser uña y carne
figurative to be very close or intimate
temblarle las carnes a uno
figurative, colloquial to be very frightened
Inflected Forms: carnes - femi

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