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"Meat" is a noun which is often translated as "la carne", and "flesh" is a noun which is also often translated as "la carne". Learn more about the difference between "meat" and "flesh" below.
meat(
mit
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (culinary)
2. (substance)
a. la sustancia (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The film doesn't have much meat to it.La película tiene poca sustancia.
flesh(
flehsh
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (anatomy)
a. la carne (F) (human or animal)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My sister is a vegetarian because she thinks that eating the flesh of other animals is morally wrong.Mi hermana es vegetariana porque cree que comerse la carne de otros animales es moralmente inaceptable.
2. (fruit)
3. (figurative) (human body)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. la carne (F) (figurative)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
What poisons the flesh, poisons the soul.Lo que contamina la carne, contamina el alma.
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. engordar
Tony had fleshed out in his early forties and was now struggling to control his weight.Tony había engordado cuando tenía cuarenta y pocos y ahora le costaba controlar su peso.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. desarrollar
The teacher's feedback said she needed to flesh out the characterization.En sus comentarios, el profesor le decía que tenía que desarrollar más sus personajes.
