Polyglot Dictionary

carne-seca

/ˌkaɾnˈisekɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as carnes-secas

Meaning

  1. dried beef

    Built from carne (meat) + seca (dry).

    • Comi carne-seca com mandioca.

      I ate dried beef with cassava.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • carne meat
  • seca dry

Practice

1 What does carne-seca mean?

2 Fill the gap: Comi ___-seca com mandioca.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches carne-seca?

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