How to Say "Antelope" in Spanish

antílope

/anˈtilope/masculine

The English word antelope is translated into Spanish as antílope.

The term refers to a mammal belonging to the family Bovidae.

Meaning: mammal of the family Bovidae (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

The plural form of antílope is antílopes.

/anˈtilope/

The Spanish word antílope shares its roots with the Greek word for 'flower-catcher', because the original Byzantine Greek term was ἀνθόλοψ.
Spanish speakers often use gacela to describe any fast, graceful antelope in casual speech. This happens even when the animal is not biologically a gazelle.
The word antílope is a proparoxytone, meaning it is stressed on the third-to-last syllable, which always requires a written accent mark in Spanish orthography.

El antílope es un mamífero africano.
The antelope in an African mammal.
This sentence is useful for identifying the antelope as an African mammal.
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Los antílopes americanos abundan en esta zona.
Pronghorn antelope abound in these parts.
This sentence is useful for noting that pronghorn antelopes are common in a specific area.
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El antílope corre velozmente por la pradera.
The antelope runs swiftly across the prairie.
Los antílopes son animales magníficos de la naturaleza.
Antelopes are magnificent creatures of nature.
No había visto nunca un antílope tan hermoso como este.
I had never seen such a beautiful antelope before.
Vimos un antílope corriendo en la sabana.
We saw an antelope running in the savanna.

At a zoo while looking at the enclosures.

Sources

Wiktionary, “antelope” translations and entries antílope, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries antílope, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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