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carniceria

carniceria noun: a Hispanic butcher shop.

Noun

carniceria (plural carnicerias)

  1. A Hispanic butcher shop.
    • Women like Diaz are increasingly making their mark in the industry, raising their profile while working behind meat counters, and a few are even opening carnicerias of their own. […] With training and a solid grasp on carving techniques, women can run a carniceria just as well as any male...2024 March 22, Lautaro Grinspan, “In steak-mad Argentina, women's work is increasingly butchering the meat.”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2025

Forms of carniceria

pluralcarnicerias

Origin of carniceria

Borrowed from Spanish carnicería.

Questions about carniceria

What does carniceria mean?
Carniceria means a Hispanic butcher shop.
What part of speech is carniceria?
Carniceria is a noun.
What is the plural of carniceria?
The plural of carniceria is carnicerias.

Words near carniceria in the dictionary

  1. Carnian
  2. Carnian humid episode
  3. Carnian pluvial episode
  4. Carnic
  5. carnic acid
  6. carniceria
  7. carnicerias
  8. Carnicero
  9. carnid
  10. carnidazole
  11. carnids

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