carve

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɑːrv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kɑrv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(kärv)

Inflections of 'carve' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
carves
v 3rd person singular
carving
v pres p
carved
v past
carved
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
carve [sth] vtr (material: sculpt)esculpir vtr
  tallar vtr
 The sculptor uses a chisel to carve the marble.
 El escultor usa un cincel para esculpir el mármol.
carve [sth] vtr (shape: sculpt)esculpir vtr
  tallar vtr
 With a knife, the man carved flowers and leaves into the wood.
 Con un cuchillo, el hombre esculpió flores y hojas en la madera.
carve [sth] out of [sth],
carve [sth] from [sth]
v expr
(shape: sculpt from)esculpir en vtr + prep
  tallar en vtr + prep
 Michelangelo liked to carve huge athletic nudes out of marble.
 A Miguel Ángel le gustaba esculpir enormes desnudos atléticos en mármol.
carve [sth] vtr (meat: cut, slice)cortar vtr
  trinchar vtr
 Father always carves the turkey at Thanksgiving dinner.
 Papá siempre corta el pavo en la cena de Acción de Gracias.
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Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
carve [sth] vtr (skiing, surfing: make a turn)girar vtr
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Locuciones verbales
InglésEspañol
carve [sth] out,
carve out [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
figurative (career, etc.: build up)forjar vtr
 Jack hopes to carve out a career in software development.
 Jack espera forjar una carrera en el desarrollo de software.
carve [sth] out for yourself,
carve out [sth] for yourself
vtr phrasal sep
figurative (career, etc.: build up)forjarse v prnl
  hacerse v prnl
 She's succeeded in carving out a nice career for herself in marketing.
 Ha tenido éxito forjándose una carrera en marketing.
carve [sth] up,
carve up [sth]
vtr phrasal sep
(cut into pieces)cortar en pedacitos, cortar en cachitos loc verb
Note: A hyphen is used when the term is a noun
Note: hyphen used when term is a noun
 Paul carved up the slices of ham into small pieces so that his daughter could eat them.
 Paul cortó en pedacitos el jamón para que su hija pudiera comer.
carve [sth] up vtr phrasal sep figurative (divide)repartirse v prnl
 After the war, the victors carved the defeated nations up into new administrative regions.
 Luego de la guerra, los vencedores se repartieron las naciones derrotadas para convertirlas en nuevas regiones administrativas.
  (figurado)desguazar vtr
 Después de la guerra, los vencedores desguazaron a las naciones derrotadas para convertirlas en nuevas regiones administrativas.
carve [sth] up vtr phrasal sep figurative, informal (drive fast along: road) (ES, vulgar)ir cagando leches expr
 He enjoys carving up the road in his flashy sports car.
 Disfruta ir cagando leches en su coche deportivo por la carretera.
  (MX, vulgar)ir hecho la chingada expr
 Disfruta ir hecho la chingada en su coche deportivo por la carretera.
  (AR, vulgar)manejar a los pedos expr
 Disfruta manejar a los pedos en su coche deportivo por la carretera.
  (ES, vulgar)ir follado expr
 Disfruta ir follado en su coche deportivo por la carretera.
  (AR, coloquial)ir a todo pique loc verb
  (CO, coloquial)ir a toda loc verb
 Disfruta ir a todo pique en su coche deportivo por la carretera.
 Disfruta ir a toda en su carro deportivo por la carretera.
carve [sb] up vtr phrasal sep figurative, informal (injure with knife)acuchillar vtr
  (MX)tasajear vtr
 Tras la acalorada discusión trató de acuchillar al vecino con una navaja.
carve [sb] up,
carve up [sb]
vtr phrasal sep
figurative, informal, UK (swerve in front of another vehicle)dar un volantazo en frente de otro vehículo loc verb
 An idiot in a sports car carved me up as I was approaching a junction!
 Un idiota en un coche deportivo dio un volantazo en frente de mí cuando llegaba a la esquina.
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Compound Forms:
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carve out a niche v expr figurative (find your role, trade) (figurado)hacerse un lugar loc verb
  encontrar tu sitio, encontrar un sitio, encontrar un hueco loc verb
carve out a niche for yourself v expr figurative (find your role, trade) (figurado)hacerse un lugar loc verb
carve out a niche for yourself in [sth] v expr figurative (find your role, trade) (figurado)hacerse un lugar en loc verb
carve-up n informal (act of dividing [sth] up)división nf
  repartición nf
 The carve-up of the company led to a number of redundancies.
carve-up n figurative, informal, UK (result-fixing)estar arreglado loc verb
  estar comprado loc verb
 Sure, they won the match, but the whole thing was a carve-up.
 Por supuesto, ganaron el partido, pero estaba todo arreglado.
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