Also means
flesh
Usage Note
Carne is the everyday word for meat and also human flesh, as in in carne e ossa ('in the flesh', literally 'in flesh and bones'). The idiom essere carne e unghia describes two inseparable people.
Examples
"Non mangio carne rossa."
Natural Translation
I don't eat red meat.
Literal Translation
Not I-eat meat red.
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