Learn animal names in Spanish with audio pronunciation.
el perro
dog
el gato
cat
el pez
fish
el pájaro
bird
el conejo
rabbit
la tortuga
turtle
el hámster
hamster
el loro
parrot
la vaca
cow
el caballo
horse
el cerdo
pig
la gallina
hen
la oveja
sheep
el burro
donkey
la cabra
goat
el toro
bull
el pato
duck
el gallo
rooster
la abeja
bee
la hormiga
ant
el león
lion
el oso
bear
el mono
monkey
la serpiente
snake
el elefante
elephant
la mariposa
butterfly
el lobo
wolf
el tiburón
shark
el águila
eagle
el delfín
dolphin
la ballena
whale
la rana
frog
Many animals have separate masculine and feminine forms: el perro/la perra, el gato/la gata. Some use the same word for both: la serpiente, la tortuga, el pez. El águila is feminine but uses el because it starts with stressed a.
1. What does 'perro' mean?
2. How do you say 'cat' in Spanish?
3. What animal is 'caballo'?
4. How do you say 'bird' in Spanish?
5. What does 'tortuga' mean?
6. How do you say 'fish' in Spanish?
7. What animal is 'mariposa'?
8. How do you say 'cow' in Spanish?
9. What does 'oso' mean?
10. How do you say 'rabbit' in Spanish?
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Animals play a big role in Spanish idioms and expressions. Tener mono means to crave something, ser un buitre means to be a vulture (greedy person), and estar como una cabra means to be crazy (literally like a goat). Learning animal vocabulary unlocks a whole layer of colloquial Spanish.
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Many farm animal words connect to food vocabulary. Cerdo (pig) gives us carne de cerdo (pork). Vaca (cow) gives us carne de vaca (beef) in some countries, though res is also used. Pollo (chicken as food) comes from the same root as gallina (hen) and gallo (rooster).