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Record 1 2014-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Slaughterhouses
  • Animal Husbandry
OBS

An animal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Abattoirs
  • Élevage des animaux
OBS

Abattre, tuer un animal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mataderos
  • Cría de ganado
DEF

Matar a un animal, ya sea para detener una enfermedad que se quiere erradicar o para su consumo.

OBS

sacrificar: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que eutanasiar, verbo bien formado a partir de eutanasia, y sacrificar tienen significados distintos. [...] el verbo eutanasiar […] puede definirse como 'practicar una eutanasia', [mientras que] sacrificar, [de acuerdo a] los diccionarios de uso [significa] 'matar a un animal' [...] En el ámbito veterinario, eutanasia y eutanasiar se usan con [mayor] frecuencia [...]

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