Spanish words for kids · Animals
Animals in Spanish for kids
Animals are a favorite topic for young children, and the sounds they make are a ready-made game: kids love finding out that a dog says something different in another language.
Animals in Spanish
los animales
Sounds like ≈ lohs ah-nee-MAH-lehs
Good to know: Animal is the same word as in English, just stressed on the last syllable: ah-nee-MAHL.
The words
Hear it in a song
Real lines from our Spanish songs, with the English meaning shown in the app:
Gato
Cat
from Los Animales (The Animals)
2 songs that teach it
These words are key words in these songs. Every line is shown in Spanish with its English meaning.
Also sung in: Diez Pajaritos, El Gato y el Perro, En la Granja, Los Animales de la Selva, Agua y Leche, ¿Dónde Está?, Caza de Pistas, La Eñe y la Erre and 3 more.
Practice ideas for parents
- 1Play a guessing game: make an animal sound and let your child name the animal in Spanish.
- 2Line up toy animals and "call" each one by its Spanish name to come for dinner.
- 3At the zoo or a farm, name every animal you see before reading its sign.
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“Animals” in other languages
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About the pronunciation: the “sounds like” spellings are rough English approximations for parents (capital letters show the stressed syllable). Spanishhas sounds English doesn't, so treat them as a starting point and let the songs be the model. Songs are original and produced with AI music tools. Ideas for using Spanish songs with your family.