Episode 60: Animals, Baby Animals, and More, Part 2
Actualizado: 20 oct 2021
In today's episode, we're going to continue discussing the names of different animals and their babies. In Episode 59, we talked about pets and park / outdoor animals. Today, let's focus on wild animals and those you'd find on the farm!
First, I apologize for being so late with this post. The past couple of weeks have been a bit rough as we deal with different family emergencies. Thank you so much for your patience as we process and sort through them!
One thing to note from last episode: in Spanish, you can say "cría" to refer to a baby animal (which, as I understand it, is more common than saying "bebé"). So if you don't know if there is a specific term for a baby animal, you can just say cría, like cría de ave (baby bird or chick) or cría de tortuga (baby turtle or hatchling).
*Also, I messed up in the last blog/podcast. I said a duckling in Spanish was pavipollo or pavezno, but those are actually terms for baby turkey, or poult. I don't know why, but I have been struggling with mixing those two animals. They are completely different, I know! But there it is. Duckling is el patito or anadón, since ánade means duck as well.
Los Animales de la Granja (Farm Animals)
If you have a little one that you enjoy reading to, then you're probably very familiar with farm animals. A lot of the books we read to our little one focus on farm animals. I was confused about it at first, until I realized how much she loves seeing real-live horses and goats. Now it all makes sense. :D
El Animal | Animal | La Cría | Baby Animal |
El Caballo | Horse* | El Potrillo | Foal |
La Vaca | Cow** | El Ternero o Becerro | Calf |
La Oveja | Sheep | El Cordero o Lechazo | Lamb |
La Gallina | Chicken*** | El Pollito o Polluelo | Chick |
El Cerdo | Pig | El Lechón | Piglet |
La Llama | Llama | La Cría de Llama | Cria |
El Pavo | Turkey | El Pavipollo o Pavezno**** | Poult |
La Alpaca | Alpaca | La Cría de Alpaca | Calf |
La Cabra | Goat | El Chivo | Kid |
*Just like in English, horses have special names based on their sex, age, and reproductive state. For example, a gelding - a castrated, adult male horse - is called un caballo capón or caballo castrado and a stallion - an adult male horse that isn't castrated - is called un semental or un garañón. A mare - an adult female horse - is called una yegua.
**A female cow is called una vaca, but a male cow - a bull - is called un toro. Which reminds me of the song, "Torero", by Chayanne. If you haven't heard it, you should definitely check it out!
***A rooster is called un gallo.
****You may have noticed that this is also a more common ending - ezno. You have Pavezno (poult), Lobezno (wolf pup), Osezno (bear cub), etc.
Los Animales Salvajes (Wild Animals)
El Animal | Animal | La Cría | Baby Animal |
El Tigre | Tiger | Cachorro de Tigre | Cub or Whelp |
El Elefante | Elephant | Elefante Bebé o Cría de Elefante. | Calf |
La Paloma | Dove | El Pichón | Squab, Chick |
El Delfín | Dolphin | El Delfinato | Calf |
El Águila | Eagle* | La Cría de Águila | Eaglet, Fledgling |
La Rana | Frog | La Cría de Rana | Polliwog, tadpole, froglet** |
La Jirafa | Giraffe | El Ternero de Jirafa | Calf |
El Gorila o El Mono | Gorilla or Monkey | La Cría de Gorila / Mono | Infant |
El Tiburón | Shark | La Cría de Tiburón | Pup |
La Cebra | Zebra | El Potrillo | Foal or Colt |
El Hipopótamo | Hippopatamus | La Cría de Hipopótamo | Calf |
El Canguro | Kangaroo | La Cría de Canguro | Joey |
El Koala | Koala | La Cría de Koala | Joey |
El Dragón de Komodo | Komodo Dragon | La Cría de Dragón de Komodo | Hatchling |
El León | Lion*** | El Leoncillo | Cub |
La Ballena | Whale | El Ballenato | Calf |
El Pulpo | Octopus | La Cría de Pulpo | Fry |
El Oso Gigante o Oso Panda | Giant Panda or Panda Bear | El Osezno |