deshuesar

to bone

deshuesar

transitive verb

1. (to remove the bones, pit, or core of)

a. to bone (meat)

Aprendí a deshuesar pollos cuando trabajé en la carnicería del mercado.

I learned to bone chickens when I worked at the market's butcher shop.

b. to core (fruit)

Lave los duraznos, pélelos y deshuéselos.

Wasth the peaches, peel them, and core them.

c. to pit (olives)

Siempre me pregunté cómo deshuesaban las aceitunas.

I've always wondered how olives were pitted.

d. to stone (fruit) (United Kingdom)

¿Deshuesaste los dátiles y las ciruelas? - Sí, lo hice.

Did you stone the dates and the plums? - Yeah, I did.

2. (to get rid of an old vehicle)

(Mexico)

a. to scrap

Tu auto está tan viejo que lo mejor sería deshuesarlo.

Your car is so old that it'd be best to scrap it.

deshuesar

transitive verb

1. (carne)

a. to bone

2. (fruto)

a. to stone (United Kingdom)

b. to pit

(United States)

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deshuesar

transitive verb

[+carne] to bone; [+fruta] to stone; [+aceituna] to pit; stone;