I don’t like shrimps, they taste like fish.
Non mi piacciono i gamberetti, sanno troppo di pesce. Come antipasto vorrei dei calamaretti fritti, per favore.Īs a starter, I’d love some fried squid, please. Pigs are very intelligent animals, even more than dogs.Ĭalamaretto (small squid) and gamberetto (shrimp/small prawn ) are diminutives used to talk about food, more than anything else. I maiali sono animali molto intlligenti, anche più dei cani. 
Le capre di montagna sono grandi arrampicatrici.This morning I woke up with the rooster singing. Stamattina mi sono svegliato con il canto del gallo.If a young boy is being nasty, sometimes parents or teachers tell him he’s an asino (donkey) on the other hand, a girl would be an oca (goose).Topolino (little mouse) is actually Mickey Mouse in Italian, while Paperino is Donald Duck (yes, we know papera is actually a goose…).For the collective nouns, I wrote a separate paragraph below. Let’s now see some of the most common farm animals. When I was a child I had two hamsters, but one day the cat ate them! Da bambina avevo due criceti, ma un giorno il gatto li ha mangiati!.My niece would like to get a puppy for her birthday, but her parents are not keen on it. Mia nipote vorrebbe un cucciolo per il compleanno, ma i suoi genitori non vogliono.I adopted a dog when I was in Colombia and I brought her with me to Italy. Ho adottato una cagnolina quando ero in Colombia e l’ho portata con me in Italia.If you want to specify your dog is female, you can say “cagnolina”, even if she’s not a puppy, or even small!
Note: The term cagna in Italian has become an insult in day-to-day language.
Un cucciolo di leone, un cucciolo di balena, un cucciolo di zebra, ecc.Ī lion cub, a whale cub, a zebra cub, etc. Likewise, if there is no noun for the young of an animal, you can use the structure: un cucciolo di… and then the name of the animal. This is a male hamster, while that one is a female one. Questo è un criceto maschio, mentre quello è un criceto femmina. Then, you can add the adjectives maschio (male) or femmina (female) to define the animal’s gender. TIP: When you see there is no female version in the table, it means the same noun can be used for both. Let’s see the names of pets in Italian then. Although the English version is becoming more and more popular, we need to use two words to describe our furry best friends: animali domestici, which does not mean “domesticated animals”, be careful! The adjective domestico in Italian means “of the house” (“domesticated” would be addomensticato). Unfortunately, we do not have such a cute word as “pets” in Italian. Let’s start learning the names of the animals in Italian! This means that, once you know a few simple rules, you’ll have no problem pronouncing any word you read. We all have our preferences and fears regarding animals, and asking “ Qual è il tuo animale preferito?” (What is your favourite animal?) can be a fun ice-breaker - it will surely start an interesting conversation with your Italian friends!īelow you will find different categories of animals (domestic, wild, farm animals in Italian, etc.) with a table that will give you not only the main name of the animals, but also the plural and feminine, and the name for its young, when applicable.Īs you probably already know, Italian is a phonetic language, which means we pronounce all letters just as they are written. Learning the names of the animals in Italian is essential if you want to expand your vocabulary and add a new topic to your repertoire. 
In this article, you’ll learn the names of many of the other fascinating living beings that populate the planet, from the animali domestici (pets) who keep us company in the evenings, to the animali selvaggi (wild animals) we watch Sir David Attenborough documentaries about. Of course, you probably decided to learn the Italian language to be able to communicate with other human beings… but there’s much more than humanity in this world!
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