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<p>Sebastian2112: /* burro (donkey) */</p>
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<div>[[File:animales.jpg|300px]]<br />
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In this lesson, we will learn vocabulary related to animals ('''animales''') in Spanish. <br />
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We will start with words then list a few common expressions using animals.<br />
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Good learning! ;)<br />
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==Words / palabras ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
!|'''Español'''<br />
!|'''English''' <br />
|-<br />
|abeja<br />
|bee <br />
|-<br />
|águila<br />
|eagle <br />
|-<br />
|escorpión<br />
|scorpion <br />
|-<br />
|alce<br />
|moose <br />
|-<br />
|anguila<br />
|eel <br />
|-<br />
|araña<br />
|spider <br />
|-<br />
|ardilla<br />
|squirrel <br />
|-<br />
|ardillita<br />
|chipmunk <br />
|-<br />
|armadillo<br />
|armadillo <br />
|-<br />
|bisonte<br />
|bison <br />
|-<br />
|búho<br />
|owl <br />
|-<br />
|burro<br />
|donkey <br />
|-<br />
|caballo<br />
|horse <br />
|-<br />
|cabra<br />
|goat <br />
|-<br />
|caimán<br />
|alligator / caiman <br />
|-<br />
|camaleón<br />
|chameleon <br />
|-<br />
|canguro<br />
|kangaroo<br />
|-<br />
|cebra<br />
|zebra <br />
|-<br />
|cerdo<br />
|Pig/pork <br />
|-<br />
|cisne<br />
|swan <br />
|-<br />
|cocodrilo/ caiman<br />
|crocodile/ alligator <br />
|-<br />
|colibrí<br />
|hummingbird <br />
|-<br />
|conejo<br />
|rabbit <br />
|-<br />
|cucaracha<br />
|cockroach <br />
|-<br />
|cuervo<br />
|crow <br />
|-<br />
|pájaro carpintero<br />
|woodpecker <br />
|-<br />
|elefante<br />
|elephant <br />
|-<br />
|escarabajo<br />
|beetle <br />
|-<br />
|camarón<br />
|prawn<br />
|-<br />
|gato<br />
|cat <br />
|-<br />
|gaviota<br />
|seagull <br />
|-<br />
|gorrión<br />
|sparrow <br />
|-<br />
|grillo<br />
|cricket <br />
|-<br />
|oruga<br />
|caterpillar <br />
|-<br />
|halcón<br />
|hawk <br />
|-<br />
|hipopótamo<br />
|hippopotamus <br />
|-<br />
|hormiga<br />
|ant <br />
|-<br />
|iguana<br />
|iguana <br />
|-<br />
|jirafa<br />
|giraffe <br />
|-<br />
|Koala<br />
|Koala<br />
|-<br />
|lagartija<br />
|lizard <br />
|-<br />
|león<br />
|lion <br />
|-<br />
|libélula<br />
|dragonfly <br />
|-<br />
|llama<br />
|llama <br />
|-<br />
|lombriz/gusano<br />
|worm<br />
|-<br />
|loro<br />
|parrot <br />
|-<br />
|mantis<br />
|mantis <br />
|-<br />
|mariposa<br />
|butterfly <br />
|-<br />
|medusa<br />
|jellyfish<br />
|-<br />
|mono<br />
|monkey <br />
|-<br />
|mosca<br />
|fly <br />
|-<br />
|mosquito<br />
|mosquito <br />
|-<br />
|oso<br />
|bear <br />
|-<br />
|oveja<br />
|sheep <br />
|-<br />
|paloma<br />
|dove/pigeon <br />
|-<br />
|pavo<br />
|Turkey<br />
|-<br />
|perro<br />
|dog <br />
|-<br />
|petirrojo<br />
|robin <br />
|-<br />
|pez espada<br />
|swordfish <br />
|-<br />
|rana<br />
|frog <br />
|-<br />
|rata<br />
|rat <br />
|-<br />
|ratón<br />
|mouse <br />
|-<br />
|manta-raya<br />
|stingray <br />
|-<br />
|renacuajo<br />
|tadpole <br />
|-<br />
|rinoceronte<br />
|rhinoceros <br />
|-<br />
|salmón<br />
|salmon <br />
|-<br />
|saltamontes<br />
|grasshopper <br />
|-<br />
|tiburón<br />
|shark <br />
|-<br />
|tigre<br />
|tiger <br />
|-<br />
|Toro<br />
|bull<br />
|-<br />
|tortuga<br />
|turtle <br />
|-<br />
|trucha<br />
|trout <br />
|-<br />
|vaca<br />
|cow <br />
|-<br />
|venado<br />
|deer <br />
|-<br />
|víbora<br />
|snake <br />
|-<br />
|zancudo/mosquito<br />
|mosquito <br />
|-<br />
|zorro<br />
|Fox<br />
|}<br />
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==Expressions==<br />
<br />
Here are some expressions using animal names:<br />
<br />
===águila (eagle) ===<br />
*Ser un águila para los negocios: be good at business<br />
*Hay un águila en la bandera de México: There is an eagle on the Mexican flag<br />
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===burro (donkey)===<br />
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*Trabajar como burro: working very hard<br />
*No ver tres en un burro : be blind<br />
*Ser un burro: be stupid<br />
*Ser un burro de carga: Be true workhorse (a hard worker)<br />
*Caerse por fin del burro: finally acknowledge its mistake<br />
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===caballo (horse)===<br />
*Una fiebre de caballo: a raging fever<br />
*Un tratamiento a caballo: a strong medicine<br />
*Montar un caballo : ride a horse<br />
<br />
===Elefante (Elephant)===<br />
*Ser como un elefante en una cacharrería = Be like a bull in a china shop!<br />
*Tener una memoria de elefante = Have a very good memory<br />
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===gallina (hen)===<br />
*Una gallina : a hen (a coward)<br />
*Tener piel de gallina : to have goose pimples <br />
*Ser gallina: You are afraid <br />
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=== Vaca (Cow) ===<br />
* Tu comes como vaca: you eat a lot<br />
* Pareces vaca hechada: When you don't get out of bed<br />
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=== Cerdo (Pig) ===<br />
* Comes como cerdo: La frase tiene dos significados (The phrase has two meanings): <br />
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1. You eat a lot; <br />
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2. You eat without manners<br />
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==Videos==<br />
<youtube>jbVYNqTehho</youtube><br />
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==Authors==<br />
[http://polyglotclub.com/member/Adwolf Adwolf]<br />
[http://polyglotclub.com/member/caldanar caldanar]<br />
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