carnear

Spanish

Etymology

From carne (“meat”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. (Andes, Rioplatense, Mexico, Paraguay, 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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of carnear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			carnear
gerund			carneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carneado		carneada
		plural		carneados		carneadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carneo	carneastú carneásvos	carnea	carneamos	carneáis	carnean
	imperfect	carneaba	carneabas	carneaba	carneábamos	carneabais	carneaban
	preterite	carneé	carneaste	carneó	carneamos	carneasteis	carnearon
	future	carnearé	carnearás	carneará	carnearemos	carnearéis	carnearán
	conditional	carnearía	carnearías	carnearía	carnearíamos	carnearíais	carnearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carnee	carneestú carneésvos2	carnee	carneemos	carneéis	carneen
	imperfect (ra)	carneara	carnearas	carneara	carneáramos	carnearais	carnearan
	imperfect (se)	carnease	carneases	carnease	carneásemos	carneaseis	carneasen
	future1	carneare	carneares	carneare	carneáremos	carneareis	carnearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carneatú carneávos	carnee	carneemos	carnead	carneen
	negative		no carnees	no carnee	no carneemos	no carneéis	no carneen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “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], 2024 December 10