sonidos de animales
/sonidos de animales/from spelling rules
The English phrase "animal sounds" is translated into Spanish as sonidos de animales.
Use sonidos de animales to refer to the noises made by animals. While sonidos is a neutral term for sounds, you may also use ruidos de animales if the sounds are being perceived as loud, unpleasant or disruptive noises.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is a literal construction where sonidos means "sounds" and de animales means "of animals".
How does it change in a sentence?
If you are referring to a single sound made by a single animal, you can use the singular form sonido de animal.
How do you pronounce it?
/sonidos de animales/
When do people say it?
When imitating specific animals informally, Spanish speakers use different onomatopoeia: ¡Guau-guau! for a dog, ¡Miau-miau! for a cat, ¡Muu-muu! for a cow, ¡Pío-pío! for a bird, ¡Cuá-cuá! for a duck, ¡Oink, oink! for a pig and ¡Beeehhh! for a sheep.
Did you know?
- While English speakers say a rooster goes 'cock-a-doodle-do', Spanish speakers represent this animal sound as kikirikí.
- Spanish onomatopoeia for animals are typically repeated twice, such as guau-guau or miau-miau, whereas English often uses a single word like 'bark'.
- The word de in sonidos de animales is a descendant of the Latin dē, which originally meant 'down from'.
Examples in context
- Yanni hace muy buenos sonidos de animales.Yanni makes great animal sounds.This sentence shows how to use the phrase sonidos de animales when describing someone's ability to make them.Tatoeba #12874708 by mexicanhere, translation #10023238 by Amastan
- El video tiene sonidos de animales muy realistas.The video has very realistic animal sounds.
Example conversation
Elena and Daniel are looking at a children's toy.
- ElenaMira este juguete, hace sonidos de animales.Look at this toy, it makes animal sounds.
- DanielEs muy divertido, Daniel lo quiere.It is very fun, Daniel wants it.
- Elena¿Cuál es tu sonido de animal favorito?Which is your favorite animal sound?
- DanielMe gusta el sonido del león.I like the sound of the lion.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries de, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
