Episode 60: Animals, Baby Animals, and More, Part 2

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!

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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