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The Italian word for butcher is
macellaio





butcher

Gender

The gender of macellaio is masculine. E.g. il macellaio. The feminine form is la macellaia.

Italian Definition


butcher
     1. sost. macellaio, macellaio, macellatore

Translations for butcher and their definitions

macellaio
     1. n-m. butcher


macellare
     1. v. To butcher, to slaughter


rovinare
     1. v. to ruin, to wreck, to spoil, to botch
     2. v. (intransitive) to collapse, to fall, to hurtle down, to crash down, to tumble


massacrare
     1. v. to massacre, slaughter
     2. v. to murder (a song or tune)
     3. v. (transitive, figuratively) to make mincemeat out of (defeat utterly)


danneggiare
     1. v. To damage or harm


carnefice
     1. n. executioner
     2. n. torturer, tormentor, persecutor
     3. n. victimizer, brutal murderer
     4. n. (games) hangman


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