Families
Describing your pet
If you want to describe your pet, you could say what it looks like:
Es … - It is …
gris - grey
See the colours section for more!
pequeño / pequeña - small
grande - big
precioso / preciosa - beautiful
viejo / vieja - old
joven - young
feo / fea - ugly
Or you might want to say what their character is like:
tímido / tímida - shy
rápido / rápida - fast
lento / lenta - slow
fuerte - strong
gracioso / graciosa - funny
animado / animada - lively
tranquilo / tranquila - quiet
You can use all these adjectives to describe people too!
You can also talk about your pet affectionately by using the suffix -ITO.
A rabbit is un conejo but to say a little bunny, you take off the -O and add -ITO – un conejito. A little mouse is un ratoncito and a little cat is un gatito.
What do you think un perrito caliente might be? Nothing to do with animals – it's a hot dog!
un conejito - a little rabbit
un ratoncito - a little mouse
un gatito - a little cat
un perrito caliente - hot dog





