Butcher block in Portuguese
In Portuguese
o cepo de açougue
Plural: cepos de açougue
Definition
Definition in EnglishA thick wooden chopping surface, often standing on legs, used by a butcher to cut and chop meat.
Definition in PortugueseBloco grosso de madeira, geralmente com pés, no qual o açougueiro corta e pica carne.
Example sentences
Dá pra liberar o cepo de açougue? Tenho uma perna inteira de cordeiro pra cortar.
Clear a space on the butcher block, would you? I've got a whole leg of lamb to cut up.
Meu avô cortou carne nesse cepo de açougue por quarenta anos; as marcas ainda estão aí.
My grandad worked at this butcher block for forty years, and you can still see the marks.