carnicería

Galician

Alternative forms

• carnizaría
• carniçaria (reintegrationist)

Etymology

First attested in the 13th century (carniçaria). From carnaza +‎ -aría / -ería.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kaɾniθeˈɾia/ [kɑɾ.ni.θeˈɾi.ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /kaɾniθeˈɾia/ [kɑɾ.ni.θeˈɾi.ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /kaɾniseˈɾia/ [kɑɾ.ni.seˈɾi.ɐ]

• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: car‧ni‧ce‧rí‧a

Noun

carnicería f (plural carnicerías)

1. butchershop

   Synonym: buxería

2. (figurative) slaughter, carnage

Related terms

• carne
• carniceiro

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “carniçaria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “carnicería”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carnicería”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “carnicería”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carnizaría”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From carnicero +‎ -ería.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾniθeˈɾia/ [kaɾ.ni.θeˈɾi.a] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾniseˈɾia/ [kaɾ.ni.seˈɾi.a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: car‧ni‧ce‧rí‧a

Noun

carnicería f (plural carnicerías)

1. butchershop
2. carnage

Further reading

• “carnicería”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025