How to Say "Human Flesh" in Spanish

carne humana

/kaɾne umana/from spelling rules

The English phrase "human flesh" is translated into Spanish as carne humana.

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of carne (flesh/meat) and humana (human).

While carne can mean both "meat" and "flesh", the addition of humana specifies the biological source as a human being.

The adjective humana must agree in gender with the feminine noun carne.

The word carne is the root of the Spanish word carnaval, which originally referred to the period of 'farewell to meat' before Lent.
Spanish uses the word carne to describe the 'pulp' of a fruit, such as a peach or mango, which an English speaker would never describe as 'human flesh'.
In Spanish, carne is used in the phrase en carne y hueso to mean 'in the flesh', which literally translates to 'in flesh and bone'.

Los muertos vivientes se alimentan de carne humana.
The undead feed on human flesh.
This sentence illustrates a context involving the undead and carne humana.
Tatoeba #2818838 by marcelostockle, translation #2818840 by marcelostockle
A su debido tiempo, comer carne será considerado tan horrible como comer carne humana.
In due course, eating meat will be considered as horrible as eating human flesh.
This sentence compares the act of eating meat to the act of eating carne humana.
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El canibalismo es la práctica de consumir carne humana.
Cannibalism is the practice of consuming human flesh.

Mateo and Lucía are discussing a horror movie.

Mateo

El monstruo de la película come carne humana.
The monster in the movie eats human flesh.
Lucía

Eso suena demasiado asqueroso para mí.
That sounds too disgusting for me.
Mateo

Sí, pero es solo una historia de ficción.
Yes, but it is just a fiction story.
Lucía

Aun así, no me gusta ese tipo de cine.
Even so, I don't like that kind of cinema.

Sources

IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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