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Gli animali – 2 [Animals – 2]

Already learnt some Italian vocabulary for animals on our Animals 1 page?

Great!

Here are some more, along with a few related words, some idiomatic expressions and a couple of simple exercises.

(more animals)

l’asino [donkey]
l’anatra [duck]
la balena [whale]
la capra [goat]
il cervo [deer]
la cicogna [stork]
il cinghiale [boar]
il capriolo [roe deer]
il coniglio [rabbit]
il delfino [dolphin]
l’elefante [elephant]
la gallina [hen]
la giraffa [giraffe]
la lumaca [snail]
il lupo [wolf]
l’orso [bear]
il pappagallo [parrot]
la pecora [sheep]
il ragno [spider]
la rana [frog]
il riccio [hedgehog]
la scimmia [ape]
il serpente [snake]
lo squalo [shark]
la tartaruga [turtle]
il topo [mouse]
il verme [worm]
la volpe [fox]

(related words)

le ali [wings]
la gabbia [cage]
il guinzaglio [leash]
la museruola [muzzle]
la piuma [feather]
il pungiglione [stinger]
le zampe [paws]

I bet you could add to this list, with a little immagination and a good online dictionary… What about, for instance, fur, claws, scales, tentacles, fins, beak, hooves, and so on?

(idiomatic expressions)

essere vigliacco come un coniglio [to be as cowardly as a rabbit]
essere la pecore nera della famiglia [to be the black sheep of the family]
avere una memoria da elefante [to have a memory like a elephant]
essere furbo come una volpe [to be as crafty as a fox]
essere lento come una tartaruga [to be as slow as a turtle]
essere intelligente come un delfino [be as smart as a dolphin]

And here are some simple exercises, to see if you know your ‘farfalla’ from your ‘elefante’:

Gli animali – Esercizio 1
Gli animali – Esercizio 2

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