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Learning how to talk about animals in Spanish can help spark conversations about your pets or discuss interesting topics about wildlife. While traveling, you can expand your local knowledge and learn about the animal names in Spanish that live in that part of the world. After all, who doesn't love animals?

Study up on how to say various types of animal names in Spanish and common related phrases to actually use them in your conversations. When you're ready to expand your conversational skills, add more Spanish vocabulary to improve your fluency. Remember to practice every day.

Los animales

(Animals)

In the table below you will see the names of animals in Spanish. If the gender of the noun is masculine it is represented in blue, if it is feminine it is represented in red.

Invertebrate animals:

Example sentences:

• La liebre se parece mucho al conejo.
  (The hare looks a lot like the rabbit)


• Fue a cazar venados a las montañas.
  (He went to hunt deer in the mountains)


• Los elefantes tienen la trompa larga.
  (Elephants have long trunks)


• Tenemos muchos cerdos en la granja.
  (We have a lot of pigs on our farm)


• Los pájaros están cubiertos de plumas.
  (Birds are covered in feathers)


• Las focas tienen aletas en lugar de manos.
  (Seals have flippers instead of hands)


• Los pájaros no tienen dientes, tienen pico.
  (Birds do not have teeth, they have a beak)


• Hay muchas razas de perros diferentes.
  (There are many different breeds of dog)


• Los tigres tienen rayas naranjas y negras.
  (Tigers have orange and black stripes)


• Prefiero la leche de cabra a la leche de vaca.
  (I prefer goat's milk to cow's milk)


• Carlos sacó una espina de la garra del león.
  (Carlos pulled a thorn from the lion's paw)


• Los tigres son famosos por sus afiladas garras.
  (Tigers are known for their sharp claws)


• Las serpientes tienen la piel cubierta de escamas.
  (Snakes have their skin covered in scales)


• La granja cría avestruces por su carne y plumas.
  (The ranch raises ostriches for their meat and feathers)


• El granjero perdió dos gallinas por culpa de un zorro.
  (The farmer lost two chickens to a fox)


• La ardilla se alimenta de semillas, nueces y bellotas.
  (The squirrel feeds on seeds, nuts and acorns)


• Comúnmente confunden al lagarto con el cocodrilo.
  (Commonly, the lizard is confused with the crocodile)


• Patricia no come camarones, pero le gusta el cangrejo.
  (Patricia won't eat shrimp, but she likes crab)


• Los conejos se han estado comiendo las verduras del jardín.
  (Rabbits have been eating the vegetables in my garden)

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