This Spanish Easy Review vocabulary quiz will challenge you on the Spanish names for animals. Who doesn’t love animals? Oh, we may like different kinds of animals but we still love animals! Animals are great companions and they can be a lot of fun. Just watching them play can bring a smile to your face! And now that you are learning how to speak in Spanish it only seems natural that you should be able to point out the different kinds of animals that we all love, albeit some of them we would rather love from a distance.
Most of these Spanish words are quite different from their English counterparts so it might take you a little longer to remember the new names.
Practice saying each word several times. Close your eyes and see if you can envision the animal. So if you feel ready, let’s begin to tackle your first round of Spanish animal vocabulary words.
English | Spanish | Pronounced (Phonetically) As |
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animal | (el) animal | ă-nē-măl |
ape | (el) mono | mō-nō |
bear | (el) oso | ō-sō |
bunny | (el) conejito | con-ā-hē-tō (Notice the 'j' has an 'h' sound.) |
bull | (el) toro | tor-ō |
cat | (el) gato | gă-tō |
cow | (la) vaca | vă-kă |
deer | (el) venado | vā-nă-dō |
dog | (el) perro | pě-rrō (Roll the double 'r' with your tongue.) |
goat | (la) cabra | kă-bră |
hog, pig | (el) cerdo | cěr-dō |
kitten | (el) gatito | gă-tē-tō |
lamb | (el) cordero | cor-dā-rō |
lion | (el) león | lā-ōn |
mouse | (el) ratón | ră-tōn |
puppy | (el) cachorro | kă-chō-rrō (Roll the double 'r' with your tongue.) |
raccoon | (el) mapache | mă-pă-chāy |
When you believe you are ready, move on to the quiz section and see how many answers you can get correct. The quiz contains ten sentences with an animal name that has been capitalized. Match that capitalized animal with one of the answers.