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Animals in Portuguese

Animal words are friendly, memorable and useful — for pets, the countryside and everyday chat. Here are the most common ones.

Pets and common animals

EnglishPortuguese
dogo cão (PT) / o cachorro (BR)
cato gato
birdo pássaro
fisho peixe
horseo cavalo
rabbito coelho
mouseo rato

Farm animals

EnglishPortuguese
cowa vaca
pigo porco
chickeno frango / a galinha
sheepa ovelha
goata cabra
ducko pato

A useful note

"Dog" is one of the clearest Portugal/Brazil splits: Portugal says cão, Brazil says cachorro (which in Portugal means specifically a puppy). For chicken, frango is usually the meat/young bird and galinha the hen.

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