Animals

When learning animal names in Portuguese, you'll discover that each noun has a gender assignment. Typically, each animal is associated with one gender, and sometimes the other gender may have a different final letter (o gato [male cat] / a gata [female cat]) or even an entirely distinct word (a vaca [cow] / o boi [bull]).

Many animals, especially wild animals, are generally referred to in one gender only, independent of the actual gender of the individual animal (a abelha [the bee]).

14 home and farm animals

🐔 Here is a list of 14 house and farm animals. The gender is the one they’re generally referred to.

• 🐶 O cão (the dog)
• O gato (the cat)
• O rato (the mouse)
• A vaca (the cow)
• A ovelha (the sheep)
• O coelho (the rabbit)
• A cabra (the goat)
• O cavalo (the horse)
• O burro (the donkey)
• O porco (the pig)
• O ganso (the goose)
• A galinha (the chicken)
• O pato (the duck)

• O peru (the turkey)

14 Wild animals

🐲 Here is a list of 14 wild animals. The gender is the one they’re generally referred to.

• O urso (the bear)
• A girafa (the giraffe)
• O elefante (the elephant)
• A abelha (the bee)
• O macaco (the monkey)
• O leão (the lion)
• A cobra (the snake)
• O tigre (the tiger)
• A tartaruga (the turtle)
• A baleia (the whale)
• A zebra (the zebra)
• O javali (the wild boar)
• A raposa (the fox)
• O lobo (the wolf)