butchering

• Sustantivo que se refiere a la acción o actividad de sacrificar animales y preparar su carne para el consumo, así como al oficio del carnicero. También puede indicar una matanza o destrucción violenta.

A noun referring to the trade or business of a butcher, involving the preparation and sale of meat.

incontable

1. The trade of a butcherB1formal

   The business or profession of preparing and selling meat.

   oficio de carnicero

   • He learned the art of butchering from his father.
   • Butchering requires skill and knowledge of animal anatomy.
   • The family has been in the butchering business for generations.

   Sinónimosbutchery

• Verbo que se usa para describir el proceso de sacrificar animales para obtener comida o, en sentido figurado, para indicar estropear o arruinar algo con acciones torpes o destructivas.

A verb used to describe the act of slaughtering animals for food, or metaphorically, to ruin or spoil something through clumsy or destructive action.

1. Kill animals for foodB1formal

   To slaughter or prepare animals for consumption.

   Sacrificar animales para consumo

   • The farmer butchers pigs every winter.
   • He learned how to butcher a chicken from his grandfather.
   • The meat is butchered and packaged at the facility.

   Sinónimosdressslaughter

2. Kill violentlyB2formal

   To kill someone in a brutal or cruel manner.

   Degollar o matar brutalmente

   • The soldiers butchered innocent civilians during the war.
   • The dictator's regime butchered thousands of people.
   • The massacre saw entire villages butchered without mercy.

   Sinónimosassassinateexecuteexterminatekillliquidatemassacremurderslaughterslay

3. Ruin or spoilB2informal

   To ruin something through incompetence or carelessness.

   Destrozar, estropear

   • The director butchered the classic novel in his film adaptation.
   • He completely butchered his speech by forgetting his lines.
   • The chef butchered the recipe by adding too much salt.

   Sinónimosbotchbungleflubfumblemanglemarmess upmismanagemuffruinspoil

   Antónimosfiximprovemendperfectrepair