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’:
