I’ve put
some common dog and cat related words in Italian with phonetic pronunciation.
The capital letters are the stress of the word.
If you are
at the vet’s and are not sure of the ailment try the English medical name as a
lot of the scientific terms are similar in Italian and English. For example
uterus – utero, cardiac – cardio diabetes – diabete and so
on. If you are unsure of the pronunciation, write the word down for your vet.
Names of
breeds are more or less the same, but with Italian pronunciation! Here is an
example from a genuine advert!
“West
Thailand wait terrier” (Say it out loud!)
Pet /Pets – animale domestico (ani-MAH-leh do-MES-tik-oh) animali domestici (ani-MAH-lee do-MES-ti-chee)
Owner – proprietario/a (pro-pree-eh-TAR-ee-oh/ah)
Dog
/Dogs – cane
(KAH-neh) cani (KAH-nee)
Puppy
/puppies – cucciolo
(KOO-chee-oh-loh) cuccioli (KOO-chee-oh-lee)
Cat
/cats – gatto
(GAH-to) gatti (GAH-tee)
Kitten/kittens – gattino (gah-TEEN-oh) gattini
(gah-TEEN-ee)
Male – maschio (MAH-skee-oh)
Female – femmina (FEH-min-ah)
Vaccinated – vaccinato/a (vah-chi-NAH-toh/ah)
Tattooed – tatuato/a (tah-TOO-ah-toh/ah)
Wormed – sverminato/a (sver-min-AH-toh/ah)
Paw / paws – zampa (ZAM-pah) zampe (ZAM-peh)
Whiskers/moustache – baffi (BAH –fee)
Tail – coda (KOH-dah)
Leg /legs – gamba (GAM-bah) gambe (GAM-beh)
Mongrel – Meticcio/a (meh-TICH-ee-oh/ah) (you’ll also hear
bastardino a an acceptable term)
Pedigree – pedigree (‘con pedigree’ –
with pedigree documents))
Cross – incrocio/a (in-KRO-chee-oh/ah) For
example “incrocio Yorkshire terrier e chihuahua”
Spayed/neutered – sterilizzato/a (steh-rah
–lee-ZA-toh/ah).
Microchip – microchip (MEE-croh-cheep)
Breed – razza (RATS-ah)
Large – taglia grande (TAH-lee-ah
GRAN-deh) (OK, the gl sound is hard so I’ve copped out here!)
Medium – taglia media (TAH-lee-ah MEH-dee-ah)
Small – taglia piccola (TAH-lee-ah PEE-coh.lah)
Beautiful – bello/a (BEH-ll-oh/ah)
Well
behaved/good –
Buono/a (BWON-oh/ah)
Short
haired – pelo raso
(PAY-loh RAH-zoh)
Long
haired – pelo lungo
(PAY-loh- LOON-goh)
Toy
breed – nano/a
(NAH-noh/ah)
Animal
lover – amante
animali (ah-MAN-teh an-ee-MAH-lee)
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