Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Monday February 9, 2009

carne, noun:
meat

Descended from Latin, and so related to the English word carnivorous, ‘meat-eating’, la carne is the word for meat.

No como carne.
I don’t eat meat.

You talk about the different kinds of meat you can eat by using the word carne and then specifying the animal:

carne de cordero
lamb

carne de cerdo
pork

carne de puerco
pork

carne de vaca
beef

carne de res
beef

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Spanish Word of the Day ArchiveMonday February 9, 2009