fiambre

adj.

cold.

m.

1 cold meat (British), cold cut (United States) (food).

2 stiff, corpse (informal) (cadáver).

dejar fiambre to bump off

3 cold dish, cold meat, meat.

pres.subj.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: fiambrar.

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fiambre

► adjetivo

1 served cold, cold

2 irónico (noticia etc) stale, old

► nombre masculino

1 COCINA cold meat, cold cut

■ nos sirvieron toda clase de fiambres y patés we were served all kinds of cold meats and pâtés

2 familiar (cadáver) stiff, corpse

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FRASEOLOGÍA

dejar fiambre a alguien to do somebody in, bump somebody off

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1. ADJ

1) (Culin) cold, served cold

2) * [noticia] old, stale

2. SM

1) (Culin) cold meat, cold cut (EEUU)

fiambres — cold meats, cold cuts (EEUU)

2) * (=cadáver) corpse, stiff *

el pobre está fiambre — the poor guy's stone dead *, the poor guy's cold meat *

3) Cono Sur * (=fiesta) dead party

4) Méx (Culin) pork, avocado and chilli dish

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masculino

1) (Coc)

sólo comen fiambre(s) — all they eat is cold cuts (AmE) o (BrE) cold meats

el chorizo es un fiambre — chorizo is a kind of cold cut (AmE) o (BrE) cold meat

2) (arg) (cadáver) stiff (sl)

quedarse fiambre — (fam) to snuff it (colloq)

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= luncheon meat.

Ex. Head cheese is in fact not a cheese, but rather a terrine of meat from the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow) usually eaten cold or at room temperature as a luncheon meat.

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masculino

1) (Coc)

sólo comen fiambre(s) — all they eat is cold cuts (AmE) o (BrE) cold meats

el chorizo es un fiambre — chorizo is a kind of cold cut (AmE) o (BrE) cold meat

2) (arg) (cadáver) stiff (sl)

quedarse fiambre — (fam) to snuff it (colloq)

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= luncheon meat.

Ex: Head cheese is in fact not a cheese, but rather a terrine of meat from the head of a calf or pig (sometimes a sheep or cow) usually eaten cold or at room temperature as a luncheon meat.

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fiambre

masculine

A (Coc) cold meat

carne en fiambre cold meat

fiambres surtidos selection of cold meats o (AmE) cold cuts

B (arg) (cadáver) stiff (sl)

quedarse fiambre (fam); to snuff it (colloq)

C (Col) (comida al aire libre) picnic

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fiambre sustantivo masculino (Coc): tb

◊ fiambres cold cuts (pl) (AmE), cold meats (pl) (BrE)

fiambre sustantivo masculino
1 Culin cold meat
2 fam (cadáver, muerto) stiff, corpse

'fiambre' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
embutido
English:
stiff

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fiambre nm

1. [alimento] Br cold meat, US cold cut

2. Fam [cadáver] stiff;

dejar fiambre a alguien to bump sb off;

estar fiambre to have kicked the bucket

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fiambre

m

1 cold cut, Br

cold meat

2 pop (cadáver) stiff pop

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fiambre n

1. (embutido) cooked meat / cold meat

2. (cadáver) stiff / corpse