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"Embutido" is a form of "embutido", a noun which is often translated as "sausage". "Fiambre" is a noun which is often translated as "cold cut". Learn more about the difference between "embutido" and "fiambre" below.
el embutido(
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)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (culinary)
a. sausage
Mi amigo vegetariano no soporta el embutido porque está envuelto en la tripa del animal.My vegetarian friend can't stand sausages because they come wrapped in the animal's intestine.
b. cold cut
Compré salchichón ibérico de bellota, que es el embutido que más me gusta.I bought Iberian acorn-fed sausage, which is my favorite kind of cold cut.
a. stuffing
El charcutero nos explicó que se realiza el embutido de la carne con una máquina especial.The pork butcher explained to us that the stuffing of the meat is done with a special machine.
a. inlay
Mis amigas me regalaron una preciosa caja con embutido de madera.My friends gave me a beautiful box with a wood inlay.
el fiambre(
fyahm
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)A masculine noun is used with masculine articles and adjectives (e.g., el hombre guapo, el sol amarillo).
1. (culinary)
a. cold cut (United States)
Regionalism used in the United States
El aperitivo consistió en fiambres y queso.The appetizers were cold cuts and cheese.
b. cold meat (United Kingdom)
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
Es el supermercado con el mayor surtido de fiambres.It's the supermarket with the widest assortment of cold meats.
2. (colloquial) (dead body)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
a. corpse
¿Tienes algo que ver con el fiambre ese que han encontrado en el parque?Do you have anything to do with that corpse they found in the park?
b. stiff (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
La policía vino a investigar la causa de muerte del fiambre.The police came to investigate the stiff's cause of death.
