butcher

macellaio

Persona che per lavoro taglia e vende la carne.

In inglese semplice: A person whose job is to cut and sell meat.

• The butcher sells fresh meat.
• I bought some chicken from our local butcher.
• Ask the butcher to cut the beef into pieces.

Espressioni comuni: local butcher, butcher shop, a skilled butcher

macellatore, macellaio

Persona che per lavoro uccide e taglia gli animali per ricavarne carne.

In inglese semplice: A person whose job is to kill animals and cut them up for meat.

• The butcher killed the pig.
• Two butchers prepared the animals for sale.
• They hired a trained butcher to handle the cattle.

Sinonimi: slaughterer

Espressioni comuni: a trained butcher, a professional butcher

carnefice, massacratore

Persona che uccide altre persone in modo crudele e violento.

In inglese semplice: A person who kills people in a cruel and violent way.

• The villagers called him a butcher.
• The general became known as the butcher of the city.
• Survivors described the prison guards as butchers.

Sinonimi: murderer, killer

Espressioni comuni: a ruthless butcher, a cruel butcher

massacrare, rovinare

Fare qualcosa così male da rovinarla completamente.

In inglese semplice: To do something so badly that you spoil it completely.

• They butchered my favourite song.
• The studio butchered the script during editing.
• Please do not butcher this beautiful piece of music.

Sinonimi: ruin, botch, mangle

Espressioni comuni: butcher a song, butcher a script, butcher something badly, butcher a name

macellare

Uccidere un animale e tagliarne il corpo in pezzi per ricavarne carne da mangiare.

In inglese semplice: To kill an animal and cut its body into pieces for food.

• They butchered a pig.
• The farmer learned to butcher sheep for meat.
• Who will butcher the cattle this year?

Sinonimi: slaughter

Espressioni comuni: butcher a pig, butcher an animal, butcher cattle