descarnar

• desencarnar

From des- +‎ carn +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəs.kərˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [des.kaɾˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

descarnar (first-person singular present descarno, first-person singular preterite descarní, past participle descarnat)

1. (transitive) to flesh (remove the flesh)
   • 1927, Emerencià Roig i Raventós, La pesca a Catalunya:

     La fitora té l'inconvenient que fa malbé el peix, omplint-lo de forats i descarnant-lo, la qual cosa li dóna un aspecte desagradable i fa que hagi d'ésser venut a baix preu.

     The fish spear has the disadvantage that it damages the fish, filling it with holes and stripping flesh from it, which gives it a disagreeable appearance and forces it to be sold cheaply.

2. (transitive) to emaciate
3. (transitive) (of terrain, etc.) to wash out (strip away the softer parts, as soil from rocks)
   • 1931, Prudenci Bertrans, L'hereu:

     En Joanet, en un banc rústec que basculava en el sòl de greda pura els sots del qual eren enfondits quotidianament per l'escombra de bruc de la Dolors, en tanta manera que ja arribava a descarnar els fonaments de les parets.

     Joanet, on a rough bench that swayed on a floor of pure clay, the holes in which were deepened daily by Dolors' heather broom in such a way that she ended up exposing the foundations of the walls.

• descarnador
• descarnament

• “descarnar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

descarnar (first-person singular present descarno, first-person singular preterite descarnei, past participle descarnado)

1. to flesh (remove the flesh)

• IPA^(key): /deskaɾˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.kaɾˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧car‧nar

descarnar (first-person singular present descarno, first-person singular preterite descarné, past participle descarnado)

1. to flesh (remove the flesh)

• “descarnar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “descarnar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007