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manzo

beef

noun MAHN-dzoh Rare
Food & Drink Meat

Also means

steer

Usage Note

Manzo refers both to the animal (a castrated bull or steer) and to the meat (beef). In a butcher's or restaurant context it almost always means beef: bistecca di manzo ('beef steak'). Do not confuse with vitello ('veal') or toro ('bull').

Examples

"Ho ordinato un filetto di manzo."

Natural Translation

I ordered a beef tenderloin.

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